With all this great sunny weather, the people of Munich, both visitors and residents, are taking to the streets, parks, riverbanks to soak up some rays. Even on parts that you don’t see exposed everyday in Florida 
Last weekend was no exception.
No surprise. Germany advanced to the next round in the World Cup and played against Sweden in Munich this past Saturday. Being that I don’t fit the profile for a busty, blonde Swedish milkmaid, I stuck to wearing red and white. Well, close enough to one side more than the other. Yes, there were very many gorgeous busty, blondes to be seen. If Alex can stare, so can I…although it was probably the reverse.
Our plan was to head up to the Olympia Stadion, where the old WC was played in ’74 and watch the game hosted from the Alliance Arena. The game started at 5 pm we started our trek at 1:30 pm. Bad Idea.
The U3 subway train was sardine-packed with stinky-singing people, mostly men, who were eager to make room for a daring chicklet to enter the subway doors. Someone chants, “Ikea! Whoo-Ohhh!” [Ikea is centered in Sweden, thus the yellow and blue brand logo] I take a liking to this tune and make my own contribution.
So after three stuffed trains go by, news that the line into the stadium is backed into the subway station, and no street map at our disposile to get us there by foot, we give up and head to the Chinese tower. The next best thing to getting into the spirit.
We were told people had started to fill the tables in front of the screen at the Chinese tower around 8 am. What!? With luck and my exposed mid-section, Alex and I managed two seats with out-of-towners just to the left of the screen. We were immediately face branded with black, red and yellow. At times the noise was deafening, one side of the viewing area would start to sing and then our side would follow up. People dressed up to support Sweden would start singing and flag waving and german fans would answer with their own variation of the Beatles’ “We all live in a yellow submarine”:
[eg: You all are nothin' but furniture movers]
German fans would continue with a line variant from the British song, “It’s coming home.”
[eg: Fill'er up the Volvo.]
[Saab and Volvo are the only two auto brands to originate from Sweden, hey I didn't know this] The sun beat down upon us for over an hour and finally we discovered we wouldn’t be able to see the game because of the sun and the angle. Since I welded the sun umbrella, I made the decision to head back home and watch the game in the shade, in front of a fan and a cold beer in hand. The first 20 minutes were the highlight with one goal at 4 min. and another at 12 min. The rest of the time we watched Ballack shout profanities after every attempt. The victory shut out Sweden but enough to rush Germany into the next round.
using y our mid-drift to get a table? i remember using your charm at a garage sale one day…
the chinese tower? is that a local hangout place?
Lol… i dont copme across your blog very oftern on BM, but when I do, I make sure to vote and to add you as a favorite ;D
I just found your blog through blog explosion, I really enjoyed your writing. I lived in Germany for a while, I just returned a few weeks ago. I’ll be back to read more. I thought I would just say “hi”