3-2 for deutschland. they didn't play like awesome, but the goals were quite nice. and it was an exciting game overall.

haven't seen this many people at the same time, in the same spot in this city.


which explains why the other streets (ones that do not have Kneipe and eiscafe) are empty.

ok since i'm leaving the city soon, i'll write an entry on it. i'll miss this place. it's a nice place to live in. we went to the park to walk around today and everyone agreed that this has been worth every penny. and they were telling me that it's worth the money getting a single room. well, i'm not in any position to disagree with that lol.

anyway this is the Stadt Plan by the roadside. if you bother to click on the image to magnify it, you'll see this street called 'Wilhelm-Meister-Weg' right up in the "north". that's where i stay. the goethe institut is in the u-shaped building somewhere below this street, on the street called 'Am Spitalbach'. the pedestrian zone is bullshit. the CITY BUS goes through these roads. ya but fewer vehicles. the area between the marketplace and the river is the city centre, where most shops are, except the supermarket (which is on the other side of the river).

i don't know why i'm writing all these. lol.

went to Rothenburg o.d. Tauber yesterday. er.. not to my fancy. too touristy. in fact, the number of japanese tourists is so high that anyone asian is considered japanese. probably. cos i went into this shop and the salesperson said "Konnichiwa". -.-

good thing is, i got to get souvenirs, which are hard to find in Schwaebisch Hall. but they're kind of pricey as well. anyway. this shop sells the things usually found in christmas markets. this is june, so obviously there's no christmas market. the shop is for tourists. nice stuff. but kind of expensive. don't go to the Kriminalmuseum. it's not worth it. lousy display.


i went on a walk to Comburg on my own today. about 4 km there and back. er.. the church wasn't open for sighting this morning. so i could only view the exterior. i'm currently smelling of the sun. it's really sunny outside. not complaining.


this is the view of Schwaebisch Hall from the Kocher (that's the river). i took a pic cos i'm leaving soon. :(

went to watch Mozart's Zaide at Stuttgart Staatsoper. we didn't know it was going to be a modern interpretation. well, i'm not big on the interpretation and the story. but the singing and the orchestra were good. the music was enjoyable. and it was only 1.5 hours! i expected it to be like 3 hours. weather was good, so we walked a bit along the main road before the start. overall an enjoyable performance. i could appreciate it much better than yesterday's play.

must try Kinder country. it's really nice. lol.

omg i missed a freaking fantastic goal..

the play was totally not my type. so ya. it was also quite funny cos during the play people were making hand signals to the other side of the stage. so i knew it was 2-0 at that point. anyway at 9.50 or so we had intermission. i think 3/4 of the audience (including me) switched to becoming football audience at the nearby gelatteria. lol. i could still catch the last 40 mins or so. i didn't return. i find the game more worth watching than the play.

anyway fortunately i could watch video highlights on the net. watch it here:
http://www.d1g.com/video/show/2060973

is Podolski left-footed? he seems to kick a lot with his left foot.

Sorry. yea. The score. 3-2 for germany.

this piece is cool. haha.



germany playing tonight against Portugal. quarter finals. hope they go through. i hope i'll be able to catch at least the last half an hour of the game. i've to read the 'Merry Wives of Windsor' now.quick. watching the play tonight. hopefully not too long.

went to watch football at an italian eiscafe. the rest of the people watched football at the stammtisch in some bar, but we didn't cos we don't like the crowd. it was funny that angela merkel was there (on tv, not in the eiscafe). and then during the break there was a news report on her being in poland and she was wearing the same suit. so we went like, she went directly to watch the game?? ok. Deutschland 1 - 0 Oesterreich. sad that the goal was a free kick. but okay at least they've now secured a place in the quarter finals, so we can go on more footballgamewatchingsession. that's Anglizismus. no that's a joke. ok no that was a "joke". and this morning in class we discussed (the teacher said this) how weird it was that angela merkel gave frans beckenbauer a hug. cos usually for the chancellor it's fine, but for a chancellorin.. and before that she hugged bastian schweinsteiger first. so it was kind of surprising to our teacher.

ok the joke was based on this german tendency to create very long words by connecting two or more words together. for example "Lebenshaltungskosten" = cost of living. but i guess it's not funny now that i've explained it. not that it was funny in the first place. ha.