World Cup fever in my hometown (30-06-06: more party, more pics!)

[Aspen and Misty]

I want to visit Germany some day and if I like it how much I think I will I would love to move there. I love your town, it's so pretty!

Congrats on winning!

Ashley

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

These are GREAT pics, Kirsten!! I can almost feel the atmosphere!!Most of the tri-coloured stuff would also be useful for Belgium. To bad Belgium isn't selected...... . Our colours are black-yellow-red, and the stripes are horizontally instead
I love that style of houses very much, you can see those in most part of Germany. In what town are these made?

Go Go GERMANY Go GO!!!!

[Miss Z]

They are beautiful pics! I love this pic, what is the name of this 'Straße' (teehee, got the German in there )? I would love to go there in the future, it looks so pretty.

Such a different atmosphere from the Stuttgart Standoff yesterday, unfortunately involving a couple of fans from my home country

[Kirsten]

@caseysmom: Munich is 500 km away from here, in the south of Germany. Sweden is also a beautiful country!

@Ashley: Thanks! Yes, Germany's a beautiful country and it used to be nice to live there. Now things are not so easy anymore. Our economy is down, and we have a high unemployment rate.

@Lut: I made these photos in my hometown, Hann. Muenden, which is between Goettingen and Kassel (in the middle of Germany). Some of these houses are 800 years old.

@Miss Z: The street is called "Lange Straße". I saw what happened in Stuttgart last night, German and English fans were involved. Hope everything will remain quiet after England's match today...

Kirsten

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Kirsten, I LOVE your town!! I enjoy this side of life so much more than the big cities. To me, most big cities are so much alike - they're all big cities. I would much rather tour the countryside and small villages like yours.

I heard on the radio this morning that German pride is at an almost unprecendeted high right now, and more German flags are being flown now than almost at any other time in history.

[caseysmom]

Kirsten, Yes I enjoyed Sweden a lot. I stayed in a dorm with my brother in law and hubby for a month. It was in uppsala, I rode my brother in laws bike to the store and actually felt like I lived there. The people were very nice and everyone knew english. I found that to be true in most of the european countries we went to, everyone was friendly and spoke English with me.

There was a lot going on politically at the time, Reagan was in office and not particulary liked in Europe. Still everyone was nice to me even with talking politics.

I enjoyed the food in Italy the most...the men weren't too hard on the eyes either.

[Kirsten]

I heard on the radio this morning that German pride is at an almost unprecendeted high right now, and more German flags are being flown now than almost at any other time in history.

Yes, that is true! I never saw something like that before, it's amazing! You know, due to our history, patriotism isn't such a popular thing here. But now everyone's so proud of our team!

I found that to be true in most of the european countries we went to, everyone was friendly and spoke English with me.

Well, but didn't you think that many Germans just speak a horrible English? LOL

I remember the Reagan era, it was the time of the Cold War, and nuclear disarmament was always a subject on the news. The 80s were very politic as far as I remember.

LOL, I agree on the Italian food - and yes, the men don't look too bad either!

Kirsten