Paul Hoey

on the information super highway

That time I followed a stranger to his wine shop in Berlin

🗓️ Sunday, July 05th 2026

In 2018 I booked a holiday with srprs.me which is a website where you specify when you want to go on holiday and they send you to a city somewhere in Europe. They do let you black list a region(like the UK & Ireland) and a couple of cities in case you've been to them a lot. You don't find out where you're going until you're at the airport, the only clue you have is the weather forecast so you can pack appropriately. I recommend it, it's a fun way to go on holiday! As part of the trip I was able to add on a food tour, I'd get the details for it at the same time I found out where I was going. I think it was on my second day there I arrive for the food tour and I'm the only person there for it. The guy running it was very nice and friendly but he doesn't eat food as part of the tour, so I ended up having to eat far too much food I think there was 8 or 9 stops! When we got to the last stop it was closed, so as a make good on me missing out on one of the places the guy took me to his wine shop for a glass of wine and no questions asked I followed him to his wine shop because I'll take the 50/50 odds of either being murder or getting a free glass of wine!

Currywurst on a paper plate with a plastic fork
The currywurst I had on the food tour.
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