Jamie Shiers

The escalators in the U-Bahn clatter with a familiar "chitty chitty" sound. Spare ribs and foaming beer in the shade of the Chinese tower. A smartly dressed man spies left over beer in abandoned mugs - sometimes coming up with close to a full litre. But the best is the Chitty-style 'caberet' in the Löwenbräukeller at the Starkbierfest - thigh-slapping to match that in 'the ole bamboo'.

And the chorus goes...

Ein Prosit, ein Prosit der Gemüt-lich-keit! Ein Prosit, ein Prosit der Gemüt-lich-keit! Prosit, Prosit, Pro o-o sit! Eins! Zwei! Drei! -- G'suffa! ...