Question: What is red, white and green?
Answer: Besides the Italian flag, a football match in Cologne.
FC Koln, our closest and therefore home team, took on Bayern 1860 in a heated match up. Well, a heated match up for teams in the 2nd Bundesliga, which I guess means that the team is 1 less skilled than teams that play in the 1st Bundesliga. This was our first football match in Europe so we joined in with a group of teachers from the international school around the corner. I had no idea what to expect. After the game, I was "in the know". It helped that quite a few of the chants were the ones we had learned previously during Karneval.
Notable notes: (1) Koln's mascot is a goat named Hennes that wears a red and white scarf, hangs out on the sideline and occasionally has a microphone thrust into his face. The people go nuts when they hear Hennes bleat "maaaaa". It is endearing. (2) Also, the main goalkeeper is a Columbian guy named Mondragon that occasionally lives in Florida. My friend, who was at the game, is a Columbian guy named Cordoba that occasionally lives in Florida too. They are basically the same person, despite the name, vocation, and 1-foot height differential. (3) Katie loves the practicality of plastic beer mugs whose handles can be nested, thereby enabling the carrier to transport 6 mugs per hand.
The game was not terribly exciting, ending up in a 0:0 tie. No shoot-out either. The 47,000 fans walked out of the stadium in Germanic orderliness, so there was little chance of street lamp climbing or flipping over of cars. This was not the stereotypical crazed fan sport that Americans hear of. More like going to a sporting event with friends, cheering on a team, and going out to a pub afterwards. Rioting is played out, anyway.
4 comments:
Isn't the Mexican flag also red white and green? A lot of Christmas ornaments are too. Oh' Yeah... I also have a shirt that has those colors. You should be more specific in your questions. For instance, what is red white and green in Germany?
Awwww c'mon. We all know that Mexico's flag has about seven different colors, what with the snake and bird and cactus and leaves and stuff. Futhermore, anyone wearing shirts that have red white and green on them usually are mocked by insecure people ("Hey there christmas tree guy!", "Hey dork, don't you know that Christmas is like 4 months away!", "Whoa buddy, I really want to spray you with fake snow right now and pile up presents around your feet.") I'm not condoning that type of behavior. That's just how it happens.
Looks like you had a fun time at the football match. The mugs are great! Very practical.
Shannon
hei guys, hope you're having fun doing ur PhDs:)
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