Sunday, June 15, 2008

EM Fieber (Cup fever)

European Cup that is (Euromeistershaft or EURO 2008).

The fever has begun here in Germany. It is fun to see. There are flags every where. You see them on every 3rd or 4th car and in many houses, bars, restaurants, etc.



One interesting thing happened when the flags came out a week and a half ago was that I got homesick. I associate flag waving with America, where it is much more common. Here is occasional and unusual, and made me think of home.

Enough for homesickness. I hope Germany can win tonight. It's 0-0 at the half and the 2nd half is just starting. Germany is playing fairly well and the coach got sent off of the field (into the stands) where he exchanged a few words with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Hopefully that helps motivate the team for the 2nd half.

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