At this exact moment in time, I have access to someone’s unsecured wireless.
On the way back from town today, I saw a newspaper at a kiosk with the big headline “Wir sind trotzdem stolz auf euch” with a picture of German national team player Schweinsteiger with his head in his hands. That means “We’re still [...]
Posts Tagged ‘soccer’
getting a fix
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged soccer on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
toot toot!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gre, soccer on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So Germany lost the final to Spain, who clearly wanted and deserved it more. Plus they were cuter. But anyway. People are still driving around honking, so either a) this is the best country ever and they’re celebrating their 2nd place finish, or b) honks of anger sound just like honks of joy. Who knows.
Despite [...]
An odd welcome
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged first impressions, ludwigshafen, soccer on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, within about half an hour of my arrival, Germany has apparently beaten Turkey at soccer, and is advancing to the finals of something. So every car that drives past is honking and waving a German flag (that’s a change of pace…) and there are fireworks. It’s cheering me up from almost flipping out upon [...]
