Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Biergartens & football
This morning I arrived at my hostel just before 5 a.m., and took a nap on one of the couches until 7 when reception opened. They had enough pity on me that they gave me an open room for yet another quick nap before I took off for the day. I then bought a metro ticket and took it to Alexanderplatz (sp?) to hook up with a bike tour company for a city tour at 11. It was well worth it... we saw tons of stuff that I would have never seen on my own, and it was fun. It breifly rained but not a big deal. We stopped for lunch at a local biergarten around 2, and were finished just before 5 pm. It was fun and entertaining but it totally wiped me out. BUT I'm SOOO excited for the soccer...uhh football game tonight though. Berlin, being the capital of GERMANY, contains the world's largest Turkish population, outside of Turkey that is. And they are playing each other tonight in the semifinals of the Euro 2008!! We rode our bikes through the city centre, near Bradenburg Gate, where the city is broadcasting the game LIVE on giant projected screens. Its already a nuthouse... people draped in national flags and colors, chanting national anthems. City officials are expecting upwards of 1.2 million people just in this one square tonight... AND if Spain wins against Russia tomorrow, I will be in Spain the night of the finals! scoooooore :)
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so much to talk about here...! First---who is the "WE" part of all this...? Ummm, you are on your own, right?? Please tell me the "WE" is not the flying dutchman that lent you the USB cord three blogs ago, or some dude from the midnight train ride...please tell me more about the "we" thing....please be safe, and remember to us ethe canfield's spray when need be. Now, about that soccer thing---be careful!! This isn't 86,000 friends and neighborsly folk in memorial Stadium---those people are Nutzo over there and you do not want to get caught off guard with the wrong nutzo...(ok, there, I said it)....great to hear that you made it to Berlin...meet any Herchenbach's yet?? Lastly, I need pictures from the Biergarten as I want to go to a biergarten some day... ;).... Love and aufvietersein (sp?) my darling.....pops
I just re-read the blog closer....let me get this straight...you are hanging out with a million plus drunk Turks tonight...? Sweet Maria and Saints preserve us! I will be ANXIOUSLY awaiting the blog tomorrow for sure.
BE VERY CAREFUL MY LITTLE ONE. WATCH OUT FOR STAMPEDES AT THE SOCCER GAME. YOUR DAD IS RIGHT...THOSE PEOPLE ARE (AND GO) NUTS! CHECKED YOUR ACCOUNT TODAY. YOU HAVE A BIT LEFT BUT BE CONSERVATIVE! LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED AN INFUSION! LOVE YOU, MOM
FOR THE RECORD:
IM NOT GOING TO BRADENBURG FOR THE GAME. Im watching it at a local pub. geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez.
i love how you spell everying euro now. "centre" for example. rude.
to the parentals - i once saw margaret beat down and scare a 6 foot 4 350lb man out of the UNO dorms. i have complete faith in her "protect thyself" abilities.
to my seester - rove.
also - MOMMA - I WANT AN INFUSION! RUUUUDE!
i dare you to pick a fight with a green street hooligan. it'll be a great cultural experience :D
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