die WELTMEISTERSCHAFT!!

Well, here we are in Gelsenkirchen for the Czech vs USA game last Monday. Although we didn't win, we had a great time. The atmosphere was amazing with fans from both Czech Republic, USA, Germany, and everywhere else. We started the pre-game with the German beer, but once inside the stadium, things turned American (actually out of necessity), and we enjoyed a taste of home with "Bud" (not permitted to be called Budweiser here because of the Czech brewery's European copyright on the name).

People who weren't even affiliated with us were takign pictures of our group, and even a FIFA camera crew came by to film us! One of the girls in our group actually found this same group picture randomly on Flickr! I bought a red, white and blue mohawk wig too

Tonights the USA's last first round game here in Nürnberg, and quickly after work I'm heading down to the fanfest to watch on the big screens and support what will be the game that allows the US to continue into the next round (KNOCK ON WOOD...big time).

Also, through a woman at the German-American Chamber of Commerce, I was hooked up with a sweet apartment in Nürnberg for the next two weeks to hold me over while I keep searching. Things are opening up now that the World Cup games in Nürnberg are coming to an end, and also something about July 1st causes a lot of places to open up too. I should have a home in no time!