So you go to the studios, and prepare to take an adventure, but first you have to get on a little train, crowded with adolescent kids. You are sleekly clad in black Assos lycra, because you are on a cycle tour, and there you are, with your knees trying not to touch the six foot teenager in front of you, crammed into the stupid little tour train.
The guide tells us all about the sets for some awful soap. My friend is feeling very embarassed, because it was his idea. This is the most famous film studio in Germany, and we are hoping for more than just a tour for soap fans!
So we get to the reconstructed bits of the set of Das Boot. There are silly props everywhere, with plastic vegetables in every corner. I create a disturbance by playing with artificial potatoes.
The submarine is odd, and my friend and I share a conversation about real submarines. But the sort of psuedo set is interesting.
We escape on our bikes as quickly as possible, and cycle through a wealthy suburb, out to the countryside.
I want to tell my friend about Eddie Izzard, but the translation will probably go very wrong...
