Blogs from Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe - page 137

Part of Day One I finally flew on the famous Ryanair Airline where my flight was a penny and with taxes totaled $30 from London to Berlin. My flight was at 6:25 am and public transport doesn't open before 5 am. My friend Drew was supposed to catch a flight to Lisbon, Portugal and got to the airport early with check in 2 hours prior to boarding and gates closing 40 minutes prior. He waited in a long queue and then they cut him off saying that there wasnt enought time to get everyone on the flight. Sooo I "slept" at the airport all night it was horrid, I made sure to sleep next to the Ryanair desks and clamor to the line at 3:30 vs 4:25 when it opened. Too bad i slept through my ... read more

There are eight teams left in the World Cup. Boringly, 6 are European and 2 are South American. All but two are former champions. For those who neep help: England plays Portugal, whose winner plays the winner of Brazil versus France. Germany plays Argentina, in the same bracket as Italy and Ukraine. So, it seems, normal service is resumed. We didn't have normality in 2002, until the final, at which point many felt that the 2002 cup was sub-par. But enough of that--it's 2006 and I'm in Berlin. The host nation has taken its responsibility convincingly. I spoke to a Parisian last night after France's riveting victory over Spain, and he said that there was nowhere near as much activity and revelry back in 1998. It may seem strange to Americans (well, it is a bit ... read more

Wow really cant explain how cool this town is. We ve been eating cheap and drinking cheap (well sort of). The weather is clutch. 30-38 degrees love it. We got in yesterday and did a mad tour of the city. Like 5 hour walk. it was all good. Its quite hard to pronounce german but we try. Directions are a mess but we ve got the city down now. Some of the sites we checked out are amazing. Brandenburger Tor (gate) is probably the most famous. Its the 4 horses pulling a chariot on top of this giant gate. amazing. That was also where the berlin wall was and it ran all through the city seperating east and west. The wall is basically gone except on the east side where it is covered in grafiti. Real ... read more

承蒙包包拔刀相助，我把那些火車呀，砌圖呀，巴黎旅遊指南呀，統統抽出來，今晚起寄存在包包的宿舍裡，直至我十天後重返柏林為止。 觀賽前吃了炒麵，竟然胃痛。在場內等呀等的，到最後才知包包被人潮所阻，會合不了，就這樣忍著胃痛，再一次一個人看球賽。 今天很辛苦，天氣越來越熱，最辛苦是比之前潮濕，很多男人脫去上衣，擦身而過，想起便噁心。 人群對著大電視唱卡拉OK，聽著他們唱"Finale in Berlin"倒又能令人提起勁來。 VIDEO-"54,74,90,2006" 其實在第三賽分組賽之前，德國隊已經鐵定出線，但踢罷第三場德國隊以首名出線後，市面仍然異常熱鬧沸騰，場面跟之前在慕尼黑的兩場相比，更加壯觀。 比賽後在Hbf乘電梯時後面的男人摸摸我背上的'Schneider'，說了很多句，我才聽得明他說Schneider 打得好。花了1小時（Unter den Linden賽後封閉了，白癡地蕩至AlexanderplatzHbfFriedrichstraβePotsdamer Platz!!!!）終於到了Potsdamer Platz，在等候包包時，有人慢慢走過來gives his 5，但很害羞似的，結果我給了他一記認真的5。又一個人好像跟我互打眼色，今次終於由我主動give me 5了！ 你們明白在德國穿上德國球衣跟數以萬計的德國人為德國隊打氣的感覺嗎？ fan fest in berlin is too big in size, the weather has become more humid, therefore i'm really tired today, and drank about 1 litre of cola all in once. i admit that i miss the fan fest in münchen, it's size was optimum. when ... read more

柏林，04年來訪時我仍然想努力尋找二戰過後的遺跡；今次再來，曾經佈滿彈痕的國會大廈，對出空地已變成「縮小了的Olympiastadion」──'Adidas World of Football'，想忘記，原來容易得很。你想它是甚麼，它便成為甚麼。 今天本來想「掃館」，但「頭盤」Deutsches Historisches Museum，已啃了3個半小時（原來04年看漏了一大部份展館！），回到街上，熱得要命，走進Fan Fest現場（瑞士對多哥），場面冷清得嚇人，最後惟有投降，買了可樂以及改為逛商場，Alexanderplatz的Saturn幾乎又釀成意外。 之後跟包包在Hbf吃完晚飯到了Olympiastadion，一如所料，完全封鎖。... read more