Like the U.S. team, we fans nursed our wounds the last few days. After the intensity of Monday’s game, we rested most of Tuesday. We did a bit of shopping in Cologne and had a nice long lunch with some of our D.C. friends. We spent most of the day sitting in our Irish pub, drinking German beer, watching the lackluster Swiss-France match and the incredibly competitive Brazil-Croatia contest.
On Wednesday, we again met up with our friends and took a long eight-hour ship ride down the Rhein to see the castles along the river. There seemed to be a castle about every three miles. The ship had a restaurant with great German food and Germany wine. It also had a TV so when you got sick of castles you could watch the World Cup!
We finally got off at a cute, little German town. Right as we arrived, one of the D.C. guys spotted an old college pal he hasn’t seen in years. As they say, it’s a small world.
We struggled to find a train back to Cologne and ended up missing the Poland-Germany game. By the time we got back, the streets around our hotel were filled with people celebrating Germany’s late, victorious goal. The crowd was so thick we couldn’t get through and had to take another route to the hotel. The rain suddenly began pouring down on us, but the German fans just kept partying.
Two days until U.S.A.-Italy. We are all hoping for a better performance.
No comments:
Post a Comment