Blogs from Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe - page 5

Its funny, the people you meet. While waiting with great anticipation and apprehension for the commencement of the Australia vs. Japan match (all those weeks ago), we were approached by a man wearing an official Australian Soccer shirt and carrying a hand-sewn Australian flag. "Are you Australian?" he asked in English with a German accent. "Yes" we answered. "True Blue?" he enquired. "Most definiteley". This guy was Alex, and over the next couple of hours we came to discover that he was half Australian, half German and that his hand sewn flag was stolen during a political protest in Canberra and that altought he was originally from Tübingen he was there at that time to organise a Poltical-Musical festival. 16,000 people he assured me, in the very same parl where the World Cup screen was. I ... read more

Berlin, Berlin. We're going to Berlin! Thats what the Germans chant after each victory, and with each victory they seem to believe it more and more. And so they should; they are playing fantastic football with the likes of Klose and Podoloski, lighting up the nation. Each time I walked admidst the jubilant German fans, I thought, well, perhaps Australia is also bound for Berlin. Not something you would say aloud, but if we can score 3 goals in the final 8 minutes against Japan then anything is possible right? Well anything is possible as the last week has proven: On Thursday we (just) caught the train to Stuttgart and were met by some very familiar faces outside the Stuttgart Station, Paul and Daniella Mirabella. It was quite an odd thing to catch up with ... read more

Hello all. I have not written in a while but furtunatly John has so at least you all know where we are at. Life in Tübingen is good. We spend alot of our time over here watching the soccer ( i refuse to call it football) from the beer garden. John and I orderd an AFL footy off e-bay the other week and it got delivered a few days ago. So in between soccer matchs we usually have a kick, good times. Although a few days ago I kicked it into the lake next to the park and in my hast forgot to take out my wallet, mobile phone before i slipped and fell in. Good news is after drying it out it still works. I also have some big news. Im going back to Canada. ... read more

Well, yesterday we had the great pleasure of seeing the mighty Socceroos...sorry QANTAS Socceroos play against the might of Liechtenstein. Althought the score was 3:1, Australia scored all 4 goals. There must have been atleast 1,000 Aussies there which was kinda weird because Ulm is such a small town. Of the ones we talked to there seemed to be a fairly even mix of those who live in Germany, those who are backpacking around Europe and those who were there just the World Cup. Kristian and I donned some green and gold face paint, and bought some Aussie flags. Anja became an honourary Australia for the game and even let me paint a small Aussie flag on her cheek. She was a bit confused about the whole Jumbuck in a Tuckerbag thing though. Actually as a ... read more

Well life in Tübingen has definatly slowed down a bit which is good. We set a fairly decent pace from the outset of the trip and was going to be hard to continue that all the way through. So yeah i am actually having days in a row where we are not having a massive night. That being said, 2 nights ago we went out for a big night to a place John and Anja went to while I was in Münich with Chelsea. One of the favorite forms of transport for all the uni students here are bikes. Bikes everywhere. john picked up one the other day, old but in good nick for 30 euro. Nice!. Anyway we all rode off to the pub, i borrowed a bike off one of Anjas mates. Now from ... read more