Ramblings of an Aussie in Germany

Today I got to go out in shorts and t-shirt for the first time in far too many months, and I even rolled the bike out of the basement for its first ride of the 2005 year. The weather since we got back from Ghana has been magic, loads of sun and quite warm – relatively so for here anyway.

Got out an enjoyed our first beer in the beergarden this weekend also. Donna’s parents were in town and so we joined them and Neil and Donna for a couple of brews in the sun. Her parents are fantastic, her Dad is such a laugh, a very animated character, he would fit very well with my Dad.

While Berlin are hanging in there for a UEFA Cup position next year their Bundesliga aspirations are starting to take a bit of a dent. Their main striker is this guy Marcelinho, he is Brazilian. I understand that people in Brazil are poor, but you’d think they could afford 2 names, apparently not. Anyway this guy aint a bad striker but he’s not the smartest guy in the class. He used to get in trouble a lot because he had 16 assorted hangers on living in his house! He finally ordered them all back to Brazil and then he started making mystery trips to Brazil on a twice weekly basis, this went on for a while and to this day noone is really sure exactly what was going on. But the piece de resistance came last week. In an effort to show how much he loved Germany he decided to dye his hair into the colours of the German flag, unfortunately he didn’t know what they were and apparently neither did the hair stylist he employed to do it, as he ended up with hair sporting the flag colours of Belgium not Germany! Footballers, why do we pay idiots so much money to kick a ball around?