And a great weekend was had by all.
Caught a couple of football games (well one and a half), drank lots of Haake Becks
, had a couple of good meals
and drank lots of Haake Becks!
On Friday we went to the game between FC Oberneuland and Chemnitz. It wasnt a great 1st half and looked like it had 0-0 written all over it, so we left at half time to get back to the pub which was a bit warmer! Couldnt believe it later on when we saw someone in the pub with a Chemnitz scarf on and found out the final score was 3-0, neither team looked like they would score after the 1st half.
We also took in the game between Bremens u-23s and Dynamo Dresden, those Dresden guys are a bit mental!:stirn:
We heard them coming out of the train station at 10am and they were steaming drunk then. Most of them that I saw couldnt stand up straight. I didnt see any trouble, but I take it from the amount of police who were at the game that they have a big hooligan element. Fair play to them though for staying to the end and were still singing away, of course that probably had something to do with the amount of alcohol they had obviously consumed. I expected the Dresden team to be better than they were, they didnt look very good.
It was a good enough performance from Bremen's u-23's. :svw_applaus: I think 4-0 would have been a fairer score, the Bremen team missed a few sitters. The big centre forward, no. 47, Torsten Oehrl, looked a decent player. Also enjoyed the wee bar you have there, missed the 2nd goal just after half time as we were still in the bar. We were really impressed with the set up, with all the different training grounds around the stadiums.
Unfortunately we didnt know was that it was a German holiday on Saturday, tried to do some shopping in the morning only to find out all the shops were closed, but at least the pubs stayed open!
We went to the Schnoor area in the evenings and had a couple of really good meals and took in a couple of nightclubs.
The hotel wasnt as bad as I thought it would be, nothing special but clean enough and somewhere to sleep for the night. After the game on Saturday we went to Paddys Pit to watch the football scores from back home on Sky Sports.
Really impressed by the tram system in the city, though a bit unsure about how it is all policed. Do you have conductors who come on the trams occasionally to check peoples tickets or is it just trust? If Edinburghs tram system (when it is eventually finished) is a fraction as good as Bremens then maybe all the road closures we have at the moment will be worth it in the end.
Its my 40th next year and we all agreed we'd loved to come back again to watch a 1st team game, I may have to sweet talk the wife into letting me come back!
Results seem to be going well for Bremen now, good luck for the rest of the season. :svw_schal:
Caught a couple of football games (well one and a half), drank lots of Haake Becks
, had a couple of good meals
and drank lots of Haake Becks! On Friday we went to the game between FC Oberneuland and Chemnitz. It wasnt a great 1st half and looked like it had 0-0 written all over it, so we left at half time to get back to the pub which was a bit warmer! Couldnt believe it later on when we saw someone in the pub with a Chemnitz scarf on and found out the final score was 3-0, neither team looked like they would score after the 1st half.
We also took in the game between Bremens u-23s and Dynamo Dresden, those Dresden guys are a bit mental!:stirn:
We heard them coming out of the train station at 10am and they were steaming drunk then. Most of them that I saw couldnt stand up straight. I didnt see any trouble, but I take it from the amount of police who were at the game that they have a big hooligan element. Fair play to them though for staying to the end and were still singing away, of course that probably had something to do with the amount of alcohol they had obviously consumed. I expected the Dresden team to be better than they were, they didnt look very good.
It was a good enough performance from Bremen's u-23's. :svw_applaus: I think 4-0 would have been a fairer score, the Bremen team missed a few sitters. The big centre forward, no. 47, Torsten Oehrl, looked a decent player. Also enjoyed the wee bar you have there, missed the 2nd goal just after half time as we were still in the bar. We were really impressed with the set up, with all the different training grounds around the stadiums.
Unfortunately we didnt know was that it was a German holiday on Saturday, tried to do some shopping in the morning only to find out all the shops were closed, but at least the pubs stayed open!
We went to the Schnoor area in the evenings and had a couple of really good meals and took in a couple of nightclubs.
The hotel wasnt as bad as I thought it would be, nothing special but clean enough and somewhere to sleep for the night. After the game on Saturday we went to Paddys Pit to watch the football scores from back home on Sky Sports.
Really impressed by the tram system in the city, though a bit unsure about how it is all policed. Do you have conductors who come on the trams occasionally to check peoples tickets or is it just trust? If Edinburghs tram system (when it is eventually finished) is a fraction as good as Bremens then maybe all the road closures we have at the moment will be worth it in the end.
Its my 40th next year and we all agreed we'd loved to come back again to watch a 1st team game, I may have to sweet talk the wife into letting me come back!
Results seem to be going well for Bremen now, good luck for the rest of the season. :svw_schal:
But the delay probably is the reason why I did not see anything like a tram when I was in Edinburgh for a 2-day trip in 2007... 
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