Blogs from Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe - page 136

Do you know what the worst thing is about losing your luggage? It's not the lack of clothing (I worked in the same coffee bean t-shirt 5 days a week without washing). It's not even the lack of deodorant (we spend most of our time on cramped, sweaty, people-smelling undergrounds). It's the lack of Q-tips. Do you know how hard it is to go off the Q when you've been hiding a 2-tip a day habit for the last decade? Oh my God, my ears have never been so itchy. You start to go a little crazy with the withdrawals. You start thinking, if I just wrapped a little toilet paper around this paperclip... Drop the habit kids; before it gets you too. On another topic, we did eventually get our bags back (today we fly ... read more

Morning, drinking a cup of coffee in the living room. Not quite sure what time it is--maybe 6 or 7 am? Listening to the BBC--wow, I just got distracted because they announced that France beat Brazil, knocking them out of the world cup! Germany, France, Portugal and Italz will plaz each other next in the semi-finals. I need to find out when Germanz is playing next. If Germany wins again people are going to go crazy. I can see how this mania is contagious!... read more

Slept for 2 1/2 hours, then unpacked. Felt much better--ate tomato and cheese toast and took a shower, finished my book and drank a beer. Feel a bit more human. Now it is getting to be dusk. I still don't have a clock but imagine it must be around 9 pm. The living room looks out onto the street, there's a pretty white stucco building with a Spanish tile roof across the street. The back is basically just an alley, but full of trees--earlier I fell asleep listening to the sound of the leaves rustling in the wind. Tomorrow I will go an an adventure and eat a big lunch out somewhere, I think. I've been reading through my guidebooks, but I'm going to see how I feel and stake out a plan in the morning. ... read more

Greetings from Germany! I haven't had much of a chance to update, as the past couple days have been crazy! While crazy though, they have also been fantastic! I actually still don't have much time, so I'm just going to give you all some highlights of what has happened in the past couple days. As you probably read in my last entry, I was on my way to Belgium. We only spent a day in Brussels but it was absolutely great. It's a very beautiful, smaller city, and the people were very friendly there. Definately more friendly than the French, but that's not a very difficult task to accomplish. In Brussels, we went to a very famous bar called the Delirium Cafe. They have the Guiness World Record for the most beer offered in any one ... read more

0850　Magdeburg Hbf Gleis 8　晴 　　Hertha Berlin的墨水筆……慘，這麼紫的？其實對那件€15的球衣有興趣，但似乎那是童裝，包包亦認為就算是加大碼，我亦不合穿，但我又想買Hertha的東西，碰巧帶來的筆快要沒有墨，便買這個吧。 　　雖然昨晚是慘痛的€45，但我因為「半明知」的情況下送車，結果我只能享受僅6小時的舒適睡眠，猶幸是熟睡，醒來頗精神輕鬆的。（已上RE） 　　Magdeburg早上仍可以見到球迷的蹤影，重現了一點生氣，希望別要到今晚為止吧，就算我後晚便要走。 明天怎樣回慕尼黑還未有定案，或者隨心一點，將來Magdeburg的路線掉轉走一遍。 　　幸好趕及在那間睡醒時仍未記得姓甚名誰的酒店（遠望根本不像酒店，門牌更寫著Volkhochschule，似乎是教會的「客棧」多一點）辦好check-out手續，趕上了車，在Potsdamer Platz跟包包會合，乾站了3個小時，為的是在Sony Center下的ZDF免費'fan fest'，的確，official的fan fest已有點悶（每次皆玩同一樣的遊戲，播著同一首歌，跳著一樣的舞），而且ZDF有座位。 2109　RE　肚餓 　　今天德國對阿根廷，怕是怕，但心想這類難關總得要過（起碼一次吧）。 　　結果是達到出發前的目標：可以捱至返回香港繼續看電視。 　　一開場，阿根廷便不斷插水博得犯規，心想：絕不能敗給這隊「不義之師」。 　　唯一一次顯示控球比例，約是35:65，恐怖。還好德國隊在失球後可以重整旗鼓，下半場下半部直至加時完場，都是德國作主動，80分鐘，Klose終於肯用頭入球了！實在忍不住大叫，還跟大隊一起報分數。 （因為fan fest是ZDF電視台主辦的，算不上是官方場合，因此現場報分數時大家可以「按慣例」「老屈」客隊阿根廷的入球為”null”，這亦是official fan fest永遠無法做到的！哈哈！當時我扯高嗓子盡情報分，很興奮！） 　　結果要射12碼，右邊的男女著我搭住膊頭，於是也搭住包包，四人連在... read more