Jimmy Swan Book

This is the second book about the three London-based friends going on an adventure. This time, some years have passed since the boat trip, the dog is no longer with them, and two of them are married.

It's all about escaping, once again, and romping through a countryside without having the first clue but being convinced one is an expert and all others are idiots.

Thus, the three embark upon a journey to and through Germany. Their route is weird if one knows the country and not all statements are correct (Münster, for example, is neither in the Black Forest nor Alsatia) but it's not about accuracy anyway.

On their way from Hamburg via Berlin and Hannover to Constance and other places, they have the usual hilarious encounters. This time made even more funny by the usual prejudices about the nation-without-humour, a lack linguistic skills and their general almost endearing idiocy.

I couldn't enjoy the narration of this audiobook as much as the first but that might also have to do (in part) with the fact that I had to listen to this at a slower speed. The humour and mishaps, however, were as great as in the first book, this time made even a tad more enjoyable because I am German and therefore know which of the prejudices was absolutely correct so I sometimes burst out laughing. And there was some dog there near the end after all.

Oh, and the word "Bummel" is German and is not what the narrator says in the end. *lol* It's basically strolling around and looking at everything while doing so, with time to spare (or not caring about time). Most often associated with a shopping spree.