There are some descriptors which just can't help but feel like damning with faint praise. "Actually not bad", "better than I expected". Add to this "best Italian restaurant in Augsburg".
That's nothing against Michelangelo, which I'm sure is great, it's just that Donauwörther Strasse in Augsburg doesn't exactly scream la dolce vita . The subject arises as Team Herald are looking to find somewhere to spend our last night in the city before we follow the Tartan Army north to Cologne, but it won't be Michelangelo anyway because the rest of the squad have already been there. Jonny's meticulous research - he insists there's no truth to the allegations he just scrolls through Tripadvisor in descending order - turns up a fish restaurant but that's closed.
Read More from our Euro 2024 diary: My tasty but terrifying Bavarian breakfast - pale white sausages in brine Don't mention the football . I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it Scotland fans left stranded as Euro 2024 party derailed by German trains Plan B is a restaurant just off Rathausplatz which is rammed. We inform the Maître d' that we do not have a reservation and ask if we can make one for an hour.
"There is no sense to this," comes his teutonic reply. "You can go away for half hour, come back, maybe I have table outside." We weigh it up and inform him we'll have a look around and potentially return in a little bit.
"OK great, I hope to see you again," he says, in a tone which makes very clear we better nev.