Returning from their well documented stay in Berlin U2 singer & secular pope, Bono, re-wrote one of their famous hits. "Where the streets have hexasyllabic names" was perhaps surprisingly not a hit, despite the band's reputation at the time for being credible. And real.
How times have changed for U2, but not for the U2 nor the streets and boulevards under which it tirelessly trundles. For they remain as much of a mouthful as Peter Piper Picking Peppers with Dirk Diggler. Still, as long as you've got an A-Z it's not much of a problem, is it?
Berlin has no A-Z. I will retype that, as it is inconceivably unbelievable. Berlin has no A-Z. It has maps. The kind you see in Carry On films - our driver Syd James lost on the way to the seaside, whilst co-pilot Bernard Bresslaw fights to unfold a behemoth Royal Ordinance Survey blocking the windscreen. Crash! How we laugh. Fucking ridiculous maps. Thank god for the neat, practical A-Z. Genius.
Fucking ridiculous maps can be purchased in all good bookshops. There are also city-wide maps at just about every bus stop - brilliant for the lost cyclist with a microscope.
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