( photo for Feb 14 07 )

I did make it back to Seattle safely - I just haven't gotten around to posting anything on LJ... until now, obviously ( Read more... )

That was pretty amazing. France played like one would normally expect Brazil to play. Zizou looked amazing and many of the other French players stepped up - Vieira, Henry, Ribery were all fantastic. The goal was excellent (and at our end of the field again). My only complaint is that our seats were behind the goal (they were supposed to be at the ( Read more... )

Tonight's the big game. We're in Frankfurt now and, as expected, the majority of the fans are wearing Brazilian gear. Brazil: The New York Yankees of international football. Hmph ( Read more... )

Oh yes. That was absolutely fantastic. By the 70th minute I was feeling quite ill, literally like I was about to throw up. The second goal helped alleviate that and the third was pure icing. Bring on Brazil ( Read more... )

ALLEZ LES BLEUS! ALLEZ LES BLEUS!

From Berlin we went to Cologne where I managed not to get online at all (aside from two hours spent looking for hotels in Hanover and Hamburg during which time I didn't even get to check my email). It's hard enough for me to go 4 hours without checking e-mail, let alone 4 days. But Cologne was great - a beautiful city and very fun to wander around ( Read more... )

Today we went up the TV tower, saw the Brandenburg Gate and watched Germany beat Ecuador. And I got my MCAT scores ( Read more... )

This is where our hostel is in Berlin.

lilitaly, I can´t remember if we were supposed to go to the Red Light District or if we were definitely not to go to the Red Light District...

We didn't get online in Leipzig at all so this post is coming to you from Berlin. We arrived in Leipzig yesterday afternoon - we were meant to be there an hour early but we managed to screw up the trams to the station and just missed our train. Fortunately they run every hour so it wasn't a big problem ( Read more... )