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

[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

[Barbara]

In Munich you hardly could take any pictures like that as the streets were so crowded and crammed I would not have dared to go.

[caseysmom]

Kirsten, I was just happy to have people that spoke any kind of English so I didn't really care. When I phoned home my sister said I talked slow and loud...I was use to trying to communicate with people that didn't speak english much.

[Kirsten]

When I phoned home my sister said I talked slow and loud...

How long did you stay in Europe that it affected your way of speaking that much? LOL



@Barbara, were you in Munich that night? It must have been unbelievable!!! I saw on tv how overcrowded the streets were. My co-worker said she tried to call her son who lives in Munich, but she couldn't understand a single word, that's how noisy it was!

Kirsten

[Barbara]

I was still in LA. And as I am afraid of crowds I'll certainly stay out of town on soccer evenings

[caseysmom]

I was in Europe for 6 weeks. My sister also said I looked European when I got off the plane. Remeber the style with the short boots and the pants tucked into the boots. Europe is always a bit ahead on the styles and I got off the plane sporting that fashion.

[Kirsten]

Remeber the style with the short boots and the pants tucked into the boots.

Yes, I remember that. When was that? Early 80s?


Barbara, there's only one match left for Munich (semi-final), and that one won't include the German team!

Kirsten

[caseysmom]

Yep...1982...