What a busy and brilliant fun week in Munich we've just had, we've been right in the heart of the world cup, we couldn't have picked a better time to go. We arrived in Slovakia yesterday evening and I'm feeling a bit sad at leaving Munich and my friends.
We had a late night on Wednesday after watching the Germany game. The streets were full of people partying, it went on till the early hours.
We were up quite early on Thursday, we had arranged to go up to Nuernberg which is where the England v Trinidad and Tobago game was being played. The atmosphere there was amazing, there were so many England fans travelling up from Munich, we had such a laugh. We went to the main square first which was heaving with people, they'd set up a beer garden there and everyone was drinking and singing away. It was such a hot day, absolutely boiling. We had a few beers there first, and then we got on a tram (which was crammed full and boiling hot) to the fan fest which is just by the stadium where they set up a huge screen so everyone could watch it. It was absolutely packed there, there were about 25,000 people (most of them England fans). The game wasn't the best, obviously until England scored twice at the end, that bucked everyone up!! After the match we got the bus back to the centre of town, it was heaving there, everyone was singing and dancing, we were having such good fun waving our flags at everyone when we went past them on the bus. We didn't stay in town long as we had to get the train back to Munich. It was a nightmare train journey, it went on for ever....when we got back to Munich most of the people that got off were England fans.
On Friday Jason and I took advantage of the weather and went to one of the outdoor swimming pools. It was very busy tho as all the kids were off school. In the evening Andy came back from Bremen (we were staying at his and Nicolas) so it was great to catch up with him again. We went to Tollwood which is an outdoor festival with lots of beer tents and food stalls, but typically for Tollwood no sooner had we arrived it started to rain, unluckily we were outside so had to shelter under the umbrellas. When it had calmed down we made a run for one of the tents and met up with all the other guys. After a few beers we went to Murphys for old times sake, and then to the Shamrock, we had such a laugh, Andy and Jason did a dance off, it was hilarious! It was a pretty late night so we were knackered the next day. Jason and I went to the Olympic park and then had some food at Tollwood. In the evening, we went to Ned Kellys for a few beers... it was really great as a lot of my old friends turned up to say hi.
On Sunday we went to the Fan fest at Olympic park in Munich for the Australia v Brazil game. We got there about 2pm and it was already full for the Croatia game. We eventually managed to get in and found somewhere to sit for the long day. It was a really hot day so none of us were drinking any beer, I was even sat under my umbrella to get some shade. I think there were about 20,000 fans there, all in yellow and green (for both teams), it was an amazing atmosphere, we had a fantastic day, what a great experience. We went for dinner after and saw all the Brazilians celebrating on the streets.
Yesterday we were just travelling to Vienna on the train. Chris picked us up and then we picked Mum up from the airport and went to Chris's flat, which is lovely (I daren't touch anything for fear of breaking it!). It is really hot and muggy here, I hope it cools down a bit, it's quite unbearable. We're off out this afternoon for a look around town, then it's time for another England game tonight.
Keep posted for some photos, I just haven't had a chance to do them yet. I've got some good'uns!!!
We had a late night on Wednesday after watching the Germany game. The streets were full of people partying, it went on till the early hours.
We were up quite early on Thursday, we had arranged to go up to Nuernberg which is where the England v Trinidad and Tobago game was being played. The atmosphere there was amazing, there were so many England fans travelling up from Munich, we had such a laugh. We went to the main square first which was heaving with people, they'd set up a beer garden there and everyone was drinking and singing away. It was such a hot day, absolutely boiling. We had a few beers there first, and then we got on a tram (which was crammed full and boiling hot) to the fan fest which is just by the stadium where they set up a huge screen so everyone could watch it. It was absolutely packed there, there were about 25,000 people (most of them England fans). The game wasn't the best, obviously until England scored twice at the end, that bucked everyone up!! After the match we got the bus back to the centre of town, it was heaving there, everyone was singing and dancing, we were having such good fun waving our flags at everyone when we went past them on the bus. We didn't stay in town long as we had to get the train back to Munich. It was a nightmare train journey, it went on for ever....when we got back to Munich most of the people that got off were England fans.
On Friday Jason and I took advantage of the weather and went to one of the outdoor swimming pools. It was very busy tho as all the kids were off school. In the evening Andy came back from Bremen (we were staying at his and Nicolas) so it was great to catch up with him again. We went to Tollwood which is an outdoor festival with lots of beer tents and food stalls, but typically for Tollwood no sooner had we arrived it started to rain, unluckily we were outside so had to shelter under the umbrellas. When it had calmed down we made a run for one of the tents and met up with all the other guys. After a few beers we went to Murphys for old times sake, and then to the Shamrock, we had such a laugh, Andy and Jason did a dance off, it was hilarious! It was a pretty late night so we were knackered the next day. Jason and I went to the Olympic park and then had some food at Tollwood. In the evening, we went to Ned Kellys for a few beers... it was really great as a lot of my old friends turned up to say hi.
On Sunday we went to the Fan fest at Olympic park in Munich for the Australia v Brazil game. We got there about 2pm and it was already full for the Croatia game. We eventually managed to get in and found somewhere to sit for the long day. It was a really hot day so none of us were drinking any beer, I was even sat under my umbrella to get some shade. I think there were about 20,000 fans there, all in yellow and green (for both teams), it was an amazing atmosphere, we had a fantastic day, what a great experience. We went for dinner after and saw all the Brazilians celebrating on the streets.
Yesterday we were just travelling to Vienna on the train. Chris picked us up and then we picked Mum up from the airport and went to Chris's flat, which is lovely (I daren't touch anything for fear of breaking it!). It is really hot and muggy here, I hope it cools down a bit, it's quite unbearable. We're off out this afternoon for a look around town, then it's time for another England game tonight.
Keep posted for some photos, I just haven't had a chance to do them yet. I've got some good'uns!!!
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