Pre-during-post Brazil

So here are some photos from the day of the Brazil game. Before the game Mike and I went to see my Aunty's store. On the way there I happened to recognise the Socceroo Team Bus out the window! We hurried back from the store and waited for the team to emerge and took some photo's and yell random cheers, e.g. Hazza!, Schwarzah!, yeah Bresca! go Vinnie! etc. Mind you they emerged pretty much one by one to the small crowd, so it was rather quiet except for that.

Then off to the game! The train was CROWDED, there being only 1 line to the stadium. Hot German summer weather made the train ride a bit of a sweaty crowded sardine can. A group of Aussies in our car were singing some funny chants we would later be belting out in the stadium. Also a few that didn't make it that far such as:

- Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?
Ronaldoo, Ronaldooo
- You've got no kangaroooos, You've got no kangaroooos...

Once we got off the train we joined the mass of fans headed to the stadium. Getting past security was no problem. The large area afound the stadium itself held many small sponsor stalls giving or selling various junk. I scored a free Toshiba whistle, but didn't get the chance to use it... Mike got some Aussie stripes on his face, and I had a flag done. Also scored some expensive souvenier gear from one of the World Cup stores. Euros suck.

The game it self you know about. Thought the ref was a deutsche prick from where I was sitting , esp. for the fouls Viduka was apparantly making... I noticed Kewell going nuts at the linesman after the game and the ref had to come over to him. We all know how that ended! phew! We were in the second tier, off to the right side of camera. Was behind Kewell when he missed the open goal if that jogs your memory! We were in a bit that stayed sunny the whole game, lucky us... the combination of dehydration, intense light, general heat, and emotional impact left me very tired and sporting a headache as we headed home. The happy happy brazilians on every doorstop didn't help my demeanor.

Tomorrow(today) morning we are off to Stuttgart. Kewell is fit, fired up, and not suspended. We have an English Premier League ref instead of a German who wants Ronaldinho to like him. Croatia is missing Robert Kovac which is good too. Hopefully I will be hunting accomodation in Kaiserslauten by this time tomorrow! I will be heading to Wurzburg on Friday evening then possibly Frankfurt for a period if not Kaierslautern before returning to Munich when Mike leaves on the 30th. My free flikr account resets my 20meg limit then, so thats when more photos will go up. Will have to save all the excess photos till later.

Ciao! Go the Socerroos!