neurorehabilitationFromTheTrenches

There have been at least two incredible things that, if it hadn't been for the accident, I wouldn't have been any the wiser about. The first is The Traveling Wilburys, which will be the subject of a future blog post . The second is the marvellous Professor Robert Sapolsky. Here is a speech he gave . Here's a lecture he gave about religion and the brain . This is more recent, the first of 26 numbered lectures available on youtube. I can't get enough of the man, I've recently embarked on his bibliography  and this will be a review of his second book, A Primate's Memoir , which I had thought was his first, detailing his time in Kenya studying a troop of baboons. Funnily though, in a recent fan-email I sent to him, I had falsely declared them not baboons, but orangutans. A correction he thoughtfully did not make upon his reply, even though, to a primatologist, that must have been a glaring fumble to make. As well as being my favourite primatologist he's

Take a look at my Gehbarren. To my knowledge there is no English language equivalent, except "parallel bars", but that's just confusing. This will be the focus of my personal training sessions from now on. I have some problems remaining with my cane walking, but all of them can be traced back to my fear of falling. So, the hope is that walking every day with this will help to build muscles and stabelisers which would get ignored otherwise. While I'm at it, this is my (recumbent) exercise bike, that I use most days in my cardio training in the gym in Reha Hamburg. Here's a recent landmark: That's a resistance of "10" by the way. Which means nothing to me but it reminds me of a related anecdote. During an early cardio session, I had just strapped myself in and started cycling, when my neighbour, clearly alarmed by the beeping coming from my bike, and noticing that I was struggling said "do you know you're doing that?"

Last weekend we, Claire and I, went to the 3rd day of the 6-Day cycling in Bremen. It was bought for me, by Claire, for X-mas and we had a wonderful time, I'll be back. We arrived late-ish on Friday after getting the train, following rehab. We didn't have tickets for the Friday, but we had booked a table for two at 8pm in Topaz , which was near the Radisson  so after a quick turnaround at our room we were off, for a quick pre-dinner drink in the very impressive, and uncharacteristically German, hotel bar. My weekend trip to Bremen helped me realise that Germany really has a lot to offer. If city trips are your thing, Germany's your place. Great outdoors? Likewise, I can recommend Bavaria in particular. English is a Germanic language, so you should, I hope, pick the lingo up relatively quickly. So, if you have a career that travels well, or if you just fancy a holiday somewhere a bit different, why not just do it? Topaz, this is a high-end restaurant quite