...is being able to stop and have a Guinness and a full breakfast at Heathrow. So far today, anyway, but it is only 8:10 as I write this.

Oddly enough: Here, the big stories today are cricket (England face Sri Lanka and the devious bowler Muttiah Muralitharan later today); the Peter Crouch "robot dance" (see the Guardian today for more on this...) and the fact that Arsenal has apparently paid Beveren a bit of cash, which has aroused some su####ions. Hmm..

Also fun is the news that Marlon King is off the Jamaican team (who cares?) in a dispute over a curfew.

OK, I promised reader reax, but my eggs are cooling, so tune in around 4pm Munich time and look for another post...