Robstag - Hamburg 2006

Just back from my Brother's Stag Do in Hamburg - a.k.a "ROBSTAG". Pictures will surely follow after I've gathered them together from the various cameras being used.

I found myself being in the interesting position of being in "that group guys" that you see in the airport/street and tend to avoid like the plague. Nine or so guys walking around in matching T-Shirts cursing rather loudly and shouting "ROBSTAG" at the top of their lungs. Undoubtedly this is in no small part due to starting to drink at the airport at 5am in the morning....

The St. Pauli area - Reeperbahn and Herbertstraße in particular - were joyfully visited. A few of the highlights were:

• Managing to convince the locals that "Robstag" (Robs Day in German) was an official day.
• Elliott being fleeced of 125 Euros by a Champagne sipping lap dancer
• Our hotel sharing its foyer with "World of Sex" or "WOS Markt"
• Herbertstraße and its windows of pleasure
• Pre-lined toilets in the Blockhouse Restaurant
  

Some of the as yet unclassified points:

• Learning far too much about my dad during a "I have never..." drinking game
• Mistakenly deciding that a 2 hour Canal Boat trip would be fun for 9 guys on the piss
• Watching the daily reality dramatics of the prostitutes and their clientele outside our hotel

There are of course many more points. The official note taker has them somewhere on his person and I'll grab a few more of the interesting ones when I can be bothered.