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I am extremely lucky to be here for the right time of year for one of the biggest sporting events to ever have graced the Austrian soil! For those who don’t know, the Euro 2008 is a football tournament. The biggest and by far most popular sport in Europe, it unites all the nations of Europe in a contest that seeks to find the better team in an arena where the world’s best players compete against each other. It unites entire countries, creates and destroys rivalries and finds a common goal (ok, bad pun!) for all European countries.

Although I am way out of the European football loop, but having played for a large part of my life on a team, I can appreciate a fine game of football (-: Wow, it is absolutely a treat to be here for the Euro!

I mean you can smell, even taste the energy of the people here in Vienna. Just last night, Austria played Poland and I have never seen so many people out in the streets in my life, I mean the whole city was alive and pulsating to that game! Then, my mind got completely blown away when Austria got a penalty shot at 92 minutes, such a rush!!! This means early next week, Austria will play Germany! I do not know which side to take, my fathers side (he was born in Germany) or the Austrian side (my current residence and favourite country of residence (-: ). I guess I just have to root for both teams, what a game this will be!! They have not met each other in the international arena for 20 or 30 years!

The matches are every day, which makes it sooo hard to do work because they are on at 6pm and then 8:45pm at night, prime study time! Well, I better go, Romania is playing Italy, it is tied at 1-1 and there are just a few minutes left in the match! Lets go Romania!!