Everything set. To the envy of many I was somehow able to get a ticket for todays “Eröffnungsspiel” which is the opening match for the Soccer World Championship 2006 Germany vs. Costa Rica in Munich. The party is on. Many people from even more countries in the streets have put on their national fan dresses and the temperature is cooking up. Likewise me. In order to – as usually – display abnormal deviant behaviour, I selected the brave team of my motherland Croatia. At least I have two teams I can cheer for. And Kathrin, to pay tribute to her undisputed decency, was initially relunctant before she agreed to pose with me for in the typical fan gesture:
In the background, the honourable comrade Paul has installed a screen for TV-watching tonight. The numbers on top of the screen reflect the years when the brave heroes of the German national team have won the world championship: ’54, ’74, ’90 and of course ’06. Olé, olé, olé. René :-)




Rene, it was a pleasure to pose with you in front of the screen! Although I was not a soccer fan before — I was drawn into the athmosphere by your enthusiasm! What an experience! Wait, I have to get my own soccerteam- t-shirt….