News of the week - Fifa World Championship

Of course, football is the news of the week. And it is also because of the football that I haven't spent time for a while already, updating this blog.

There is no way to avoid the fifa world championship, so the best you can do is join the crowd and let yourself be infected by the nation wide football fever.

The tournement started very well for the Germans, with a 4-2 victory over Costa Rica. Tonight, the German "Mannschaft" will play its second match against Poland. Almost everyone here is expecting a clear victory.

I am also happy to see that the Dutch also won their first match; and I am not the only one here. Many Germans are hoping for a showdown between the Netherlands and the Germans, just like in 1974. Realistically, though, very few believe that either the Dutch or the Germans will make it that far. But, as they say in Germany, "hope is the last to die", so who knows!

By the way, even though the Chinese did not qualify this time, they are doing everything to participate in their own way, as these pictures show.



Football stars in Beijing & National flags on Chinese bikinis