I get the feeling that the Hannovarians haven’t forgiven us for beating them in 1945. Nothing written in English. A bombed out church kept as a memory. A life sized picture of Hitler in the Herrenhauser Garten. A bell to sympathise with Hiroshima (so nothing written in English anywhere but Japanese is no problem).
There is an area called Waterloo. I am sure it is there because they wish Napoleon had won (actually, in the back of my mind, I am wondering if they helped us out there but, if they did, I am convinced that they now regret it).
Then there is the “Red Route”. A painted red line doing a figure of eight around the city. Purportedly so tourists can follow it and see the sights. There are about 40 “points” on the walk which are numbered. I am sure it is actually a joke on the British. The points don’t really correspond with anything, they are just there to make the Brits stand and stare around trying to work out what is important. And they know that the Brits will follow the line step for step, the same as we stand in queues, so they have added in u-turns and dog legs that don’t go anywhere, for no reason other than to make us walk further.
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