The Hallucinating Goose

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What a game! What a win!!

Germany hit the crossbar in added time of EXTRA TIME!!

We were just shown a bloke in the crowd holding up a DDR flag.

C'MON!! CROSS IN, FLYING HEADER, ENGLAND LEAD AGAIN!! 2 minutes into ET.

Jesus Christ, my heart!! A scramble in the England box, Germany hit the crossbar in the 93rd minute, England manage to get it out of there. Extra time!

Germany equalise. It's been coming, they've been the far better team in this second half.

Germany get one back just before halftime. We aren't dominating now.

C'mon England!! Hutchinson gets a second for us! England are dominating! 25 minutes gone.

YES!!! Harvey Elliot, you legend!! England 1-0 Germany Just 5 minutes gone.

C'mon England! Bring it home!

Oh, I have already explored East Berlin a lot! Especially Hohenschonhausen, which was the Stasi prison!

Don't get me wrong, I love Medieval and Early Modern architecture, it's just that if I was travelling to Eastern European countries, Communist era architecture is something I would be taking note of. Over the last couple of years, I've been travelling round England, visiting all of the Medieval Cathedrals, and a few years before that I visited all of the major Welsh castles. When I've travelled in Western Europe, I've visited places based on Medieval architecture. That period is just not a period of Eastern European history I've particularly focused on, reading a lot of books on the Cold War. I've just been looking into Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania recently and was wondering what people could tell me about those countries.

I've always been interested in visiting the Baltic States and recently I've been doing a bit more research into them, particularly smaller cities away from the capitals. They are quite simply beautiful! I love architecture and am a real fan of brutalism, and quite frankly could spend days just wandering round these cities admiring the buildings. Who needs a Mrs. Goose when you've got a Stalinist tower block? I was just wondering if anyone on here has ever explored these intriguing little countries and could share their tales?

Let me know how it goes! I'm due to visit Salisbury for the first time next year and am very excited for it! I'll be spending at least a couple of days exploring the extraordinary cathedral and a couple more walking in the area, before heading to Winchester and then down to Portsmouth and Chichester to visit the Naval museums and cathedral respectively. Gonna be a fantastic trip!

Coming up on 700 pages now, despite having a week of not reading any. We're now into the Middle Ages and the building of New Sarum, or Salisbury. We are following the story of Master Mason Osmund and the building of the cathedral, while also keeping pace with he life of Peter, a merchant who becomes caught up in Simon de Montfort rebellion against Henry III. The Middle Ages is my favourite part of history and I'm loving this section in particular. I'm past halfway now and only have approximately 650 pages to go.

As I've mentioned before, I am an Aardman Animations addict and collect memorabilia from said geniuses, and so I'm treating myself to one of their lesser known films tonight, Flushed Away.

Looking on KR's Facebook page, I would say the game is on since they have advised fans to take extra time to get there and posted pictures of the players arriving at the ground.

You'd have to if it's even on, they've closed the A63 into the city (main road from the west).

Do we know whether the game is in doubt due to the smoke currently covering East Hull due to the ship fire in Albert Dock? Live updates and pics here: https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/ship-fire-albert-dock-smoke-10299068

Good point, I hadn't thought of that, I'll see you over on the game thread!

An update of attendances from 20th June to today (just for you, @HawkMan ): ------------ Rose Bowl, Pasadena - 53,699 (92,542) Inter&Co Stadium, Orlando - 6,730 (25,500) Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia - 54,019 (67,594) Geodis Park, Nashville - 13,651 (30,000) Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens - 63,587 (64,767) TQL Stadium, Cincinnati - 14,006 (26,000) Lumen Field, Seattle - 25,090 (72,000) MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford - 29,321 (82,566) Rose Bowl, Pasadena - 57,393 (92,542) Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia - 31,975 (67,594) Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte - 70,248 (74,867) Audi Field, Washington - 16,167 (20,000) Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta - 40,392 (71,000) Rose Bowl, Pasadena - 22,992 (92,542) Lumen Field, Seattle - 50,628 (72,000) MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford - 39,893 (82,566) Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens - 60,914 (64,767) Geodis Park, Nashville - 16,899 (30,000) Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte - 33,287 (74,867) Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia - 32,967 (67,594) Camping World Stadium, Orlando - 32,933 (65,194) TQL Stadium, Cincinnati - 8,239 (26,000) Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens - 14,312 (64,767) Lumen Field, Seattle - 45,135 (72,000) Rose Bowl, Pasadena - 14,312 (92,542) Camping World Stadium, Orlando - 54,320 (65,194) Audi Field, Washington - 10,785 (20,000) Geodis Park, Nashville - 14,147 (30,000) Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia - 64,811 (67,594)

BBC News - Ship on fire in Hull dock - shops and roads closed https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgwpv7qgv3o The entire of Hull city centre and much of East Hull is currently covered in thick smoke with shopping districts and retail parks being evacuated, roads being closed and people being told to stay inside and close their windows because a cargo ship full of scrap metal is on fire while docked at Albert Dock! People are saying they're coughing their guts up and being sick in the streets, and I read one comment from someone saying after they got home from the city centre, they've had to throw their clothes away due to the mank that had penetrated into them.

Just watched Evolution for the millionth time. Love that film!

Has anyone been on the Glasgow Subway? Not a city I've been to but if I do I'll certainly be having a go on that! The third oldest underground in the world, which has never been expanded from it's original circle, and one of the few railways in the world to run a 4ft narrow gauge, one of the narrowest in the world.