Herr Mike in Deutschland

'Wir weinen mit euch' was the headline on today's Bild Zeitung (The german equivalent of The Sun). It roughly translates as 'we cry with you' and was in reference to the picture of the tearful german football players on the front page following their last gasp defeat to Italy.
Though this made me snigger on my way into the office I must admit that I was upset that Germany went out. I'm heading to Nurnberg on Sunday to watch the final at the fan-festival and it would have been a better atmosphere if they had been playing. Also everyone was so upset and upset people make me sad.

What is this? I hear you cry! Is mike becoming a kraut lover?? Of course not you doubters! (how dare u) though I must admit the amount of german people who are really nice to me has made me re-evaluate my perception of our former adversarys.

I, along with most of the other wohn heim residents watched the match in the Keller Bar which is a bar....in our cellar!! Why was this not mentioned before, I could not believe it!!! That us a USP if I ever knew one!! And, even better a bottle of becks is 70 cents, that is like 50p!!! Iand you can get 500ml bottles of becks for€1!!! Thats half a litre of beer for like 70p!! I love Germany sometimes.

Thanks for your e-mails, it keeps the homesickness at bay, I promise some more pics soon xxx