Hi all, this is the fun bunch reporting from Bernie's landing pad, where fun-lovin flyertalkers have begun trying to conquer the local altbier resources. This up-to-the-minute-live-report would have been started 16 hours earlier, if - and only if - the Internet café at the Rhein river hadn't shut down the last message before it was sent last night....

Hear all about shopping trips, Gaucho100Ks red roses and the latest gossip about Americans meeting Australians...