It All Boils Down To This......

Well what a trip it has been. Since our last entry at the Aussie Training Camp, we have since had a few big days.

The day of the training was great. We went along with about 5,000 others to watch the lads train. It was amazing to see so many come out in force to support the lads. Being training though, it got boring pretty quickly so we decided to head back into town to see what it had to offer. We found a nice restaurant and had a nice italian meal and some lagers to wash it down.The train ride back was a blast, with the disco carriage going completely off again and we drank the train dry. The trip was lengthened a bit and we didn't get home til midnight because some idiot pulled the emergency stop break so we had to stop in the middle of nowhere.

The next day we boarded the bus to Stuttgart, via Dachau concentration camp - a very sobering and sombre expreience but something which was important to visit.

Stuttgart is a lovely city with a great vibe - especially when Germany won their game. All the streets were blocked off with mad German fans waving their flags and showing national pride not seen since World War 2. We had a big night in town that night in the fan site watching the England-Sweden match. Gav was a bit sad when one of his heroes, Michael Owen went down, but the match was great and the fans loved it.

The next day we went on a guided tour of the city then settled into a nice bar for the afternoon. We then headed to the fan site and watch the Portugal-Mexico match which was a lot better than the more anticpiated Argentina-Holland game. We watched the latter in the hotel as we wanted to save ourselves for today, the big day!

On the streets at the moment, it is mayhem. I will try and take some pics to put on here when we get home to give you an idea of how crazy it is. The Croat fans are extremely confident and give the Socceroos no respect at all. One can only hope that their team has the same attitude, as this will play right into our hands. Both Bec and I have put temporary Australia flag tattoos on our cheeks and are looking very patriotic.

Whatever happens in the next 12 hours, will undoubtedbly be something we will never forget. Gav is pumped at the moment, and very nervous.

Anyway, the next post will be from back in Australia. So good luck to all, and GO AUSSIES!!!!!!!