World Cup FEVER!
Well, it's begun. The World Cup 2006 in Germany. Im sure most of you have at least watched one game so far, even in a far away country who knows next to nothing about soccer (read: football) such as Canada.
In the big cities, they have screens and such set up so large amounts of people can crowd in and enjoy the atmosphere of being with tens of thousands of soccer fans yelling, screaming, and drinking their way to insanity. I was in the Stuttgart citycenter for the opening game. The only word i have to describe it...electric. Since Germany was playing, the germans were out in full force, and i loved every second of it. They say there was between 40,000-50,000 people in the center area, and the game wasn't even in Stuttgart.
One of the things I enjoyed most was finally seeing some German pride. Since the end of the war, being proud of being German was considered one of the worst things to do. Even until a couple years ago, you would never hear anyone here actually voicing that they are proud to be German. But at this game, the flags, the colours, and all the rest were out and flying. It was awesome to see, and be a part of.
I was just downtown, France is playing Switzerland in Stuttgart tonight, and I tell ya, Ive never seen more people down there drinking, laughing, and just generally eminating debauchery. I figure since both countries are both so close to Stuttgart, it was easy for many fans to drive in for the day.
Unfortunately, my camera broke a couple days ago, and it is being repaired. So herego, I dont have any pictures of the awesomeness on hand, but I will start to look into pictures that friends took, and post them up.
k, that's all for now, Im waiting in dire anticipation for the Holland game that will be played here on Friday. I will be downtown for sure sporting my orange and yelling like a buffoon.
Enjoy the great soccer!
In the big cities, they have screens and such set up so large amounts of people can crowd in and enjoy the atmosphere of being with tens of thousands of soccer fans yelling, screaming, and drinking their way to insanity. I was in the Stuttgart citycenter for the opening game. The only word i have to describe it...electric. Since Germany was playing, the germans were out in full force, and i loved every second of it. They say there was between 40,000-50,000 people in the center area, and the game wasn't even in Stuttgart.
One of the things I enjoyed most was finally seeing some German pride. Since the end of the war, being proud of being German was considered one of the worst things to do. Even until a couple years ago, you would never hear anyone here actually voicing that they are proud to be German. But at this game, the flags, the colours, and all the rest were out and flying. It was awesome to see, and be a part of.
I was just downtown, France is playing Switzerland in Stuttgart tonight, and I tell ya, Ive never seen more people down there drinking, laughing, and just generally eminating debauchery. I figure since both countries are both so close to Stuttgart, it was easy for many fans to drive in for the day.
Unfortunately, my camera broke a couple days ago, and it is being repaired. So herego, I dont have any pictures of the awesomeness on hand, but I will start to look into pictures that friends took, and post them up.
k, that's all for now, Im waiting in dire anticipation for the Holland game that will be played here on Friday. I will be downtown for sure sporting my orange and yelling like a buffoon.
Enjoy the great soccer!
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