Germany gone nuts
A photo documentary.

Ready to receive: An owner of a small garden, not far from where I life, has put up a cute little satellite dish with a tiny German flag attached to it. Maybe so that the satellite dish receives the right stuff (i.e. Germans scoring). But you need not worry: There is an even bigger Bavarian flag in that garden – all the time. Yes, we are talking about that kind of guy.

Flags hanging out of windows is not what you can see here every day. In fact that’s the first German flag hanging out of an window I have ever seen. Well, at least I think so. And the Germans don’t even have a game today.

Cool this Marcel guy, eh? I mean, two flags! Attached to his pimped up (there are two stickers saying Marcel – yeah, that kind of guy) Fiat. Go figure!

Yes, this is really a flag pole in front of this pub. And they are having a barbecue. Kill me. Kill me. What’s next? You having to sing the national anthem before you get your beer?

Two flags hanging at the pharmacy adverse of McDonald’s. In the middle of the city. Am I trapped in some not-so-funny film? I want out of it. Now!
[...] Schwarz-Rot-Goldenes ist jetzt, zu Zeiten der WM, kaum zu übersehen. Egal ob nach der WM das alles wieder vorbei ist, oder ob das jetzt so bleibt, egal ob das bei einer WM im eigenen Land eben so ist, oder ob es wirklich ein Zeichen von mehr Nationalstolz (oder wie auch immer man das bezeichnen mag) ist, so richtig wohl fühle ich mich dabei nicht. [...]
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June 19, 2006 at 1:03 am