John Asimakidis

After a suitable sleep to recover from our post match celebrations it was time to check out Frankfurt and find a good spot to watch the other match in our group between Barzil and Croatia.

I spent most of the day wandering the streets of the city. Most of Frankfurt was destroyed during WWII but there is a small section of the old city left including some excavations of a much larger and older Cathedral. I had alook around to get a feel for the old city and the much more modern areas that is Europe´s banking capital. From the top of Main Tower there is a great view of the city and surrounding country and for only €4.50 it was certainly worth it.

I stopped back in the old city for a late lunch with a coffee and a beer. I was amused when the waiter asked if I was from Germany. My German, at least in the restaraunt context, must be getting better if he thought I was local. In fairness I think he was Italian.

I headed back to the hotel to freshen up before going into the city with the brothers to watch the Brazilian game. I share a room with one of three brothers from Melbourne, Andrew, Bill and Pete. They are Greek Australians , big football fans and are great fellas who have adopted me as one of the Asimakidis brothers for the tour.

We found a spot in the street in front of a screen in Frankfurt´s red light district. There were plenty of Brazilians around so we figured it was a good place to watch the match. We sat back to enjoy some beers, german food and the football.

After the game we went looking for a good nightspot but alas Frankfurt is like similar size cities on a Tuesday night. Fairly quiet. However there were plenty of people over at the fan site so we spent the rest of the evening there.

Sadly there probably won't be any more photos this trip as my camera lens finally died in Kaiserslautern after I had dropped it in Bayuex, France just over a week ago. It is possible than many of my France and Belguim photos will be dodgy but will probably wait till I´m home. I´m disapointrd as the fans and celebrations make such good subjects. All is not lost however as my adopted brothers are happy to include me in photos and I´ll get a copy when we get back to Australia.