Mascot

He is some kind of a mascot at the bar of the Tapyas Hotel in Coron, supposedly the coziest place in town. He carries a small wooden beer barrel on his right arm and a liter mug on his left hand, while standing on top of a regular-sized beer barrel.

He reminds me of the time when we went to a place in Germany which the locals call “English Park” (during that time in 1977 when the Berlin Wall was still up and Checkpoint Charlie was still a spot to reckon with).

We had something which they called “lunch” at the park which was principally large salted pretzels, inihaw na isda and a liter of beer in a large mug. It was fun having lunch outdoors in the German summer when morning temperature was still a cold nine or eleven degrees.

I got my ice-cold light beer in Tapyas Hotel, minus the pretzels, the grilled fish and the liter-sized mug.