Fanmeile

This weekend Adele visited me to see Berlin. Having spent her time in Paris and after me visiting her in Paris, there were lots of comparisons to be made about Paris and Berlin (my personal opinion: hipper, more casual but also more reserved, flatter and lower).

More importantly, Germany has made it out of the group for the World Cup (sorry, France :/). Also, Germany is thriving in football ( 4 to 1 good enough for ya?). Today's game against England (as I have been told by the Germans) is a culmination of hard feelings between the country that invented football and the country that is not too shabby at it. I went to the fanmeile to watch. This is a location right past the Brandenburg Gate, where the real fans come out decked out in red, gold and black to enjoy the game on big screens. (The street is sectioned off for the event).

With four goals, Berlin shook with every one of them. I was standing next to the Port-o-potties and I felt really bad for whoever was unlucky enough to be inside one when a goal was made. People were pounding and shaking those things! (probably felt like a magnitude 8 earthquake while going to the bathroom... eeeek!). It was a very exciting experience all in all.

Although the stranger part of my day came later when I somehow ended up with a 20 peso bill from a Mexican guy who said vamos a chingar a Argentina!! when I asked him why (hahahaha, I'm afraid it was the other way around...)

LILY