Ratingen is my first stop on a month-long tour around Germany, It really is a beautiful little town in the district of Mettmann, 12KM from Dusseldorf city. I don't actually know what this means, but the town is actually twinned with Cramlington, back home in the UK.

There wasn't a great deal to see or do, so we found ourselves wondering around looking for new places to get something to eat. We stumbled across an Irish pub so decided to give it a try.

The food was delicious when it finally arrived after a long wait, just a shame the same could not have been said about my Guinness. I was actually told by my Irish colleague that If that was to be served in Ireland, It would've ended up being thrown back at the bar tender. It was cold and wet so I ended up finishing it.