Herr Mike in Deutschland

I shall not bore you with the past few days events in work, though rest assured that I have been performing tasks of the utmost importance to Siemens' International Strategy.
Instead I will tell you a little bit about Erlangen. In the Frankonian part of Bavaria (the best part according to the Frankonians) it has a reputation as being chilled out, this dates back to the 17th century when the Hugenots came. I'm not sure who they were though it seems they were laid back dudes. It is most famous as home to the Friedrich-Alexander University, founder by Friedrich Alexander (surprise!) a statue of whom can be seen in the picture.
It is very quaint here with lots of cool street cafes and bars, so the nightlife is a little different to Preston or St.Helens (alas). It is famous for it's beer festival which takes place in June (book your tickets boys!) and as the German capital of health (I have a doctors appointment on Wednesday so we will see about that!).
Erlangen is know for good book shops which is a tad ironic as it was a site the nazis used to burn books back in the war (Which we won, hurrah!)
The pic shows the memorial which marks the spot where the bonfire blazed. A very sad reminder to we literati lol! Anyway that is what I have learnt so far, many thanks to the tourism office for giving me the leaflet from which I did my extensive research!