Essen G7 - dump of dumps

except for the Villa Huegel. stately manor of the Krupp steel family. where the actual newsmakers were feted and from whence all press members were banished - except for me and my partner in crime and mischief M.D., who managed a daring breaking and entering feat into the hallowed halls and were only collared and literally thrown out in the rain once our surreptitious (and guilty) images were broadcast live back to the press halls on the other side of town. oops.