WORLD CUP 2006 @ BERLIN

OLE!!! Our first day in Berlin
we met Heiko, my fav German fren from Miami
dashed off to the quarter-finals of Germany vs Ecuador.
It took us almost 3 hrs just to look for somewhere to watch the match
it was way too crowded
we didnt get to watch much of it,
bt here we are, right in the heart of Brandenburg Gate Park
where the carnival begins
lotsa German food, beer, screens put up for live matches..

LOL Me and my England tee!!
Cant believe myself wearing that.. England is nt exact fav team ey..

A funny episode happened when we were all tugged in the best seats,
getting ready to watch the evening match England vs Sweden
some German rogues snatched our seats
pissed me off, so i called them Barbarians..ah they ignored me
this Germany guy behind me, with a British girlfren, told me :
'Welcome to the world of Ugly Germans!'
lol.

Heiko bought a German flag, and Alberto with his Spanish drum-like thingy
haha world cup = european war

Lotsa world cup atmosphere - german fans with wigs & face-paint
everywhere was red, yellow and black
People were cheering, drinking and walking ard with german flags wrapped ard themselves
the adrenaline, atmosphere and camaraderie...
A superb experience to witness World Cup right in the home country!!

Post-match celebrations..
fans were dancing everywhere - loud music, laughter, fun!!

Berlin in a glance.

here we are, in the rotating restaurant on the top level of the TV tower
overlooking cosmopolitan Berlin

yohoo~ Brudwurst (german sausage)
love it.

At the Charlie Checkpoint
during the World War, this was where the American soldiers stood
where East Germans and West Germans had to go thru customs..

A piece of the Berlin wall

Berlin Wall!!!
they still managed to conserve a part of the Berlin Wall
full of history, lotsa stories to read abt wat happened here
it's quite amazing that it didnt happen too long ago
when we were still kids, Heiko cld remember how it felt like back then..