Yesterday was a blast. It was the Germany vs. Austria soccer game in the EM, so you bet it was exciting. Jake and I met after work, and got some dinner. Antonia, who works at Google and gets free food there, met us afterward. We hung out for a bit, and then Jake had a prior engagement to attend to, so we parted ways. Antonia and I had 45 minutes to find a good place to watch the game, and get there.
After about 10 minutes of walking around, we got ahold of Manfred, another Waldseer, who lives in the area, and made our way to the University. Did a little bit of Hamburg exploration along the way. When we got there, we went into the "viewing room", which is really a lecture hall with 1000+ seats, and a huuuuge projector. The collective atmosphere was great; everyone was super excited. Watching some of the Germans get excited about the game was almost as good as the game itself sometimes. They get really into it.
It was a pretty intense game; the head coaches of both teams got ejected from the game, and it was pretty funny to watch the coach and the guy who got a red card last game (meaning he couldn't play in this game) hang out with Angela Merkel, the Bundeskanzlerin. Germany ended up winning 1 - 0, and they play again on Thursday!
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