Sunday, June 13

I woke up around 9:30 and ate a small breakfast after showering. Walter took me on a motorcycle ride to a friends house. Going 150 km/h on a motorcycle and weaving through traffic on a country road = super fun! After meeting his friend (who looked like Alec Baldwin) and his wife (who looked like every other German Frau) we came home to get Carola to go eat with the grandparents. It was Grandpa's 77th birthday. We went to a restaurant a few towns over and I had the world's best food. All I know that it was some kind of red meat and onions and I almost died because of how good it was. Then, for good luck, Walter, Grandpa, and I had a shot of Williamsbirne. Hoooly cow it burned. Walter said it was about 50% and I did get a little dizzy standing up. Germany is fun. I don't have alcohol everyday and when I do it's only a beer or a beer mixed with something else, but man that shot got me. Anyway, we came home after that and I waited for the Germany game. Carola invited me to go with her to a stadium in downtown Munich to a public viewing with her friends. We drew flags on our faces then headed out. The group ranged from 15-17 with me being the oldest. They were loud, rude, and typical German teenagers (aka they chain smoke like it's 1953) It rained all evening, but it's okay because the stadium has a big clear roof, which was cool because we could see it rain. The screen was smaller than I expected, but it was still better than my TV at home. I'm really bad with numbers so I can't really say how many people were there. It was soooo much fun. Each time Germany came close to scoring everyone jumped up and started screaming, and even if they missed, they still cheered and clapped. Everyone was also very respectful about Australia. We cheered with Germany's goalie did well but didn't make fun of the Australians. And then, the four times that Germany scored, man it was like a mad house. So much screaming and singing and hugging and it was just an amazing experience. It was still raining when we left so we were soaked by the time we got to the U-bahn (subway). Our spirits where high though. I'm so glad I got to experience a public viewing AND have Germany win their first game. It's going to be a fun Fussball season :D
German Word of the Day:
vier (fear)
four
(as in the number of times Germany scored last night)
AND
null (noole)
zero
(as in the number of times Australia scored)