One of the key players in our little group for the first three months was Carsten. A german who is qualified at the American Bar and had previously been in the navy, he had an insatiable appetite for sausages and beer and a huge amount of stories to keep us entertained. In Shanghai Carsten had been working for Freshfields as part of a 3 month internship before going back to Germany to take his German law exams. In order to celebrate his time with us and bid him all the best for the future we had a series of nights out to wish him all the best. The first came on the night of the Champions League Final - a night which will go down in History as Carsten's second final night i'm sure.
The second night we went for a rather nice meal at Ye Shanghai in Xintiandi with a few of Carsten's friends from New York. I must say that rather than being remembered for the quality of the food or the environment of the restaurant (both of which were superb I must add) the evening's most memorable feature will be some of the ridiculous comments that Carsten's female friend came out with. The best being *you get male pandas? so do pandas have a penis?* and (to jo's husband) *so you do things with science things right? we could have a lot in common - Jo replied "yes, you could, but you won't".
After the meal we went back to my house for a few bottles of champagne and other celebratory drinks inc. bijou and red bull, a little dancing a few drinking games before heading out to the warehouse party. As said before the party was pretty good fun and a lot better than we expected but the music was pretty "underground" so we didn't stay for any longer than a couple of hours. After we finished there we went on to Zapatas - a mexican themed place with a lovely garden where they encourage you to dance on the bar - for a few chilled drinks before hitting another club. All in all, it was a great night and a fitting way to say goodbye to the large german sausage.Take care mate, hope to see you soon in Hamburg!
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