Monday, June 30, 2008

tweets o' the day

  • 08:33 touchdown Munich. another hour and then on to Berlin. beautiful evening here in Germany, tho
  • 09:01 the televisions in the munich lounge are full of pre-game reports for tonight's uefa championship game. feels like super bowl sunday
  • 09:34 at the lufthansa gate for flt to Berlin. free coffee (good kaffe!) at the ready. so un-american
  • 10:55 touchdown in Berlin. now to grab my bag and make it to the hotel before the big game starts!
  • 11:17 great to see all the bmw RT motorcycles decked out in green and white police colors
  • 11:19 streets of Berlin mostly empty save folks in natl colors scurrying to their game-watching parties
  • 11:25 just drove by Transparency Intl HQ on Alt Moabit. things looking familiar again
  • 11:28 500,000 fans watching the UEFA final at brandenburg gate. will join them shortly!
  • 12:07 Tier Garten is in lockdown... can hear half a million folks cheering on the other side of the fence, tho
  • 12:08 these germans are goos at patrolling a perimeter in Berlin. go figure ;)
  • 12:19 and the crowd screams Nein! Nein! Nein! in the Tier Garten
  • 12:24 having a nice chat en espanol con Miguel y Ana de Barcelona. they're happy but a bit outnumbered in the cafe
  • 12:36 my spidey senses tell me half time is a good time to vacate the Tier Garten environs. back to the cafes by the hotel for 2nd half
  • 12:54 collective "ooooof" from the crowd on the replay of that kick.
  • 13:01 with 100 volks at the Vaparetto cafe watching the game on the patio. police donning riot gear way back by Tier Garten. glad i left
  • 13:03 crowd livelier now that Germany's decided to play offense
  • 13:33 rounds of clap-clap-clap-Deutschland! getting more anxious now, and louder, too
  • 13:37 game over. applause of appreciation and disappointment. now to drown our sorrows in wit bier #euro2008
  • 20:00 Up early in Berlin. Got four-ish hours sleep. Meh. About to run 10K thru the Tiergarten before breakfast and the day's meetings begin
  • 21:29 back from my 8.5km run over to the Zoo at the far end of the Tiergarten. Neat to hear exotic animal sounds at dawn along the Landwehr kanal
  • 23:02 sated from breakfast of yogurt, meusli, eggs & wurst. Nutella on croissant with my kaffe. All-day meeting about to start at EITI offices
  • 23:09 @chep2m in Berlin thru Thursday! then back for a week before going up Mt Whitney. busy busy
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