We Have Arrived

After a long and ardous trip we have finally arrived in Frankfurt after a nice stop over in Hong Kong (this sentence has taken me 5 minutes to type...bloody German keyboards!!!!)

We stopped in Hong Kong for about 5 hours and took the opportunity to go into town and watch the dazzling laser show on Victoria Harbour. We then went to a pub in the airport to watch the England/Paraguay match. It was rivetting, and we almost missed the flight because of it!!

So we then arrive in Frankfurt and picked up our tickets and apparel. The clothes are not too bad, and will undoubtedly get an airing during our stay. We also bit the bullet and bought tickets to the Footy Show that they had on sale. 55 Euros seemed a bit rich, and it was probably an impulse buy, but Bec has always wanted to go to the footy show, so I guess it will be okay. It is at midday, while the match is at 6pm, so plenty of time to get turped up beforehand.

Franfurt is pretty quiet at the moment, though there are Aussies, Poms and Koreans everywhere. Have not seen many from Paraguay though.We also bumped into a group of Russians at the airport and they called us over and offered us a nip of vodka (at 5am, I was a bit reluctant). However, it went down a treat... the first of many beverages for the next 12 days.

So now we are off to get something to eat, as we have not eaten since breakfast which was about 4am! Then it is a meeting session with the group and an all inclusive party in town later on. Train leaves for the match tomorrow at 7.30am, so we will be taking it easy though. Apparently there are 2,400 people going to be onboard 2 exclusive trains. It is going to be madness!!

Onto our thoughts for the game, I think we are a very strong chance. What more can you say? Until next time, Prost!