Fly to am Main

11th Thursday: start to work from 14:00 to the next morning.
12th Frinday: finish my work at 7:00 morning, and go to Narita airport directly.
12th Friday evening: arrived at Frankfurt and watch the 4.Spieltag at the stadium.
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: (go to other places for my business trip)
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28th Sunday evening: watch the 6.Spieltag only for the first half, and have a night flight to Tokyo.

Do you think how many games I can watch with my own eyes? ;)
I will be back to Germany to watch games if I get spare time during my business trip. (boss, allow me please!)

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BL 30 Spieltag

The opponent was honeybees Borussia Dortmund, and the game ended up 1-1 draw.
Umm, we wanted 3 punkt...!



Let's see the data of this game.
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# Members list;
Pröll
Ochs, Russ, Galindo, Spycher
Fink, Köhler, Inamoto, Weissenberger (69. Caio)
Fenin (82. Heller), Amanatidis

# Goal Getters;
1:0 Köhler (46.)
1:1 Blaszczykowski (51.)
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Actually I didn't have time to watch the game this weekend. I had been to countryside to show up at a wedding party of my cousin. I just only saw a digest movie of the 30 Spieltag at a glance after I came back to Tokyo. I've spent honeybee days lately.

That's why I don't know the detail of the game, but Russ seemed to play well. The LDW by Blog-G is Marco Russ! Yeah, applause!!
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KW 17/08
Marco Russ
Wegen Nala, seiner Entwicklung, seinen Toren und weil er es seit Wochen schon verdient hat
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I picked up some photos and put them here.





Ouch...!















Ouch again...!

Marco worked hard as a sky fighter.






Cute Russ and Galindo*

Recently Marco often acted like that and was taken by pro-camera. [e.g.]






All looked sad about their defeat...
I was also sad... orz





I'm not sure but I think Marco kicked a FK or PK during this game, is it my illusion?! I need to check full-match video.


Next SGE is going to play against Stuttgart on 3rd May, and I'm going to be there to watch Russ SGE's game. hehe! I'm going to watch the 32 Sspieltag in live and the 33 Spieltag on TV in Germany. ;)

I really hope SGE will win, hopefully all of the rest of the games this season! (and hope SGE will go to UEFA or UI cup!)

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How Will Be My Trip?

Tomorrow morning, I'm going to leave to Frankfurt. Yeah!
But,



....Wait, wait, wait. What does this mean?
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Ab Dienstag: Eingeschränkter Zugang auf das Arenagelände wegen Länderspiel
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It means that fans will NOT be allowed to watch the SGE 's trainings on Tuesday and Wednesday...?!

Nooooo!!!
I'll be there from Tokio to watch not only the games but also training sessions. I really look forward to them.
Hey God, please return my paid-holidays (and much travel expenses), Bitte... orz

If I had known this prohibition, I would have left here on Tuesday 20. Actually I declined to attend the wedding party of my cousin which would be held on Monday 19. (of course my parents complained to me. ^^;)


Now I wonder...,
Will I be able to see SGE's training during my stay???



Anyway, at least I can watch two games, the Euro2008(Q) against Wales and the 14 Spieltag. Think positive!

I think many Asian people won't be there, so if you'll find a Japanese woman who has long brown hair and wears a white down jacket, it must be Elly! Give me your hi! :)

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Nationalmannschaft Traning

We can watch the practice session of the German national team at the Commerzbank Arena on 18th November! Wow!


This info is here and here.



...Ummm, it means, we need a special free ticket to watch the training session....?! And these tickets will be issued to us from 13th Tuesday?! Oh no, the real game ticket won't be available to watch the practice?!


Oh, impossible...!
I can't get a ticket of practice session. I never be able to watch it even though I'll be there... orz

I wish we could also get it via the Internet. (T-T)

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Fly to am Main

I really really hope Marco will be a starting member at the 14 Spieltag!! Because,,,


I'm going to go to Frankfurt am Main to watch the two games! (^_^)v

Luckly I got a ticket of two games. One is Euro2008 Qualifying between Germany and Wales, and the other is SGE home game at the 14 Spieltag. Both will be held at Commerzbank Arena as you already know.

I'll be in Frankfurt am Maim from 17 to 24. It's not a holiday season in Japan at that time but my boss is kind to allow me to take paid days-off. Arigatou gozaimasu, my boss!

When I was going to buy a ticket of 14 Spieltag, there were only 7 seats available. All of them were in the second floor of the same side of the team's benches. It means, if Marco Russ would be in the bench, I won't able to see him just at a glance even though I will come there from a faaar east country...! (+_+;)

Please help me God (and Funkel), please put Marco as a starting member at the 14 spieltag... Bitte!



As long as I know, SGE mailed a ticket only a few countries (in EC) before, but recently the condition was probably changed (maybe at the time of the renewal of the ticket order form).
Now they can send a ticket by mail to Japan and other countries, and this time the transaction was so expeditious. Good. I ordered a ticket on a Friday (JST) and I received my ticket on the 4 days after Tuesday. Good job SGE staff and German postal!



Anyawy, I have to work hard now because of my 1 week days-off on the after next week. I pray no trouble will occurred on the system I've been in charge of.

# Actually, during both of the previous my trip to am Main (in July/August) and the before previous one (in May), my system got grumpy and I received a phone call from my office when I was watching a training session. Something happened whenever I took a vacation.....^^;

And more, I hope I will be able to complete to write a blog post about my previous trip until I leave Japan. hehe. ^^; ^^;

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Ebbelwei

Ich möchte diesen Ebbelwei trinken!
( Did I make this sentence correctly?)



Marco, Albert, Thurk and Pröll enjoyed making Ebbelwei on 12 September.
Hey Thurk, there is no photo you were making Ebbelwei in this page. Did you just taste them? lol



It looks fun and interesting ... I wish I were there.
So, Where can I buy a bottle of Ebbelwei made by Marco? <-me never ^^;





When it comes to Ebbelwie, of course I tasted Ebbelwei when I was in am Main. I ordered a glass of it at a dining bar.
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Waiter: "Hallo, you must be a tourist, right?"

Me: "Ja, you right. Does it dhow? So, I'll have an Ebbelwei, bitte."

Waiter: "Which would you like, sour or sweet?"

Me: "uh..., I prefer a sour one, bitte!"

Waiter: (*o*)!! <- extremely surprised face
"Eeeeee, Sour one is so much terrible! You should choose a sweet one!"
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...So then, please tell me a sweet one is strongly recommendable before you ask me. ^^;

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This Morning I was Back and Now I'm in My Office

Why am I now in my office, eh...?!


I came back to my country this morning and got to my office directly from Narita airport...orz
I got an email from my co-worker about a system trouble during my staying in Germany. Gee.

BUT,

I had really enjoyed myself in Germany! ...except I couldn't see Stefan at the fan festival...Neiiin.

I haven't been on the internet since I sent some piece of messages to Stefan at Blog-G, so I couldn't know some Blog-G members concerned me. Sorry and Danke!

So,
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Blog-G post on 29 July;

48. Albert C. am Sonntag, 29.07.07 um 20:42 Uhr
@ Elly
Elly, sorry, but next time Stefan wants to date me, he promised to come to Berlin. I am just looking for a sponsor for a cheap flight to Berlin…Any idea, Elly?
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OH!! Albert C and Stefan came to Berlin?! I was there, too! Heeeey, we seemed to cross and miss among us again...?! I wanted to say hi to you two. If you saw an East Asian woman at the stand, it must be me, hehe. I didn't see any other Asian people there... oh no, I saw a woman who is probably from Southeast Asia. I had been sitting on a balustrade in the SGE fan area during the game.

Anyway, I'm going to blog some experiences I've got in Germany as soon as I can.

I'd like to say thanks to Stefan, Blog-G members, SGE players and all the kindly people I've met in Germany!

Ciao! :)

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Test Match against TUS Koblenz

Hey, what's today?


Today SGE had the test match against TUS Koblenz. SGE won this game 3-1.
The data of the test match are as follows;

Members;
Pröll
Preuß, Galindo, Russ, Spycher
Fink, Inamoto
Mahdavikia, Meier, Streit
Amanatidis.

Goal Getters;
1:0 Meier (17.)
1:1 Vata (41.)
2:1 Streit (57.)
3:1 Ljubicic (90.)


What Marco did was here;





--- What I did today ---------

I didn't go to Koblenz because I still felt a bit tired.

I went to a restaurant in my hotel for my breakfast. There was a chef who cooked us any kind of egg dishes in a buffet. I asked him to make scramble eggs for me. He brought a dish to my table and I said Danke to him.

I found my dish was decorated with Schnittlauch (but I didn't know the name of this at this moment). Actually I don't like onion, leek and such kinds of food.

I thought only onion was in Germany. Before my previous trip to Germany, I got these German sentences from a German native speaker for my survival;

Sind in dem Gericht Zwiebeln?
Könnten Sie das Gericht auch ohne Zwiebeln zubereiten?

I sometimes forgot them, especially the second sentence, and I used English to say the same things. It's lucky for me (for foreign person) most of German people speak English.
But I'd like to use German language as well as I can.

I asked a waitress what you called this green small things and she told me,
"Schnittlauch :)"
"Schni... Schnitt..?"
"Schnitt-lauch. I'll write you the spell. :) "
"Thank you. ^^; "
She is so nice and beautiful*


After I got a new German word, I went to a book store which is near Hauptwache.


OH*
Is this Stefan's office? or just a signboard? I wonder.




A concierge told me it was a big book store around there. I looked for books about Fussball in the book store, but I couldn't find many Fussball books there. Then, I was going to get some newspapers and Kicker at the kiosk in front of the book store. Of course I got Frankfurter Rundschau!

When I stood in front of the rack and was seeking Kicker, a shop clerk asked me what I would like to get.
"I'm looking for Kicker and newspapers for Fussball news."
"Oh, they are ...there."
He kindly came to me and showed me where they were.
"Danke~"
"Bitte~"
I found another sports-like newspaper on the right hand. I stared at it for a while but I wasn't sure if it had any Fussball contents or not. I turned left for the shop clerk, and he said immediately,
" Just horse! :) "
....Thank you for reading my mind. :)



Then I dropped by a supermarket "Kaufhof".

Whenever I came to Germany, I always thought that baskets of a supermarket in Germany are so cool!




It started raining. I ran in a cafe not to get soaked.


...But German people seemed to be fine without umbrellas. I think They fundamentally have perfect vitality than Asian people. Now I know why westerners are strong in Fussball world!

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SGE Back to am Main from the Training Camp

SGE buddies had been back to am Main and did training as usual.
How was their camp?






I think Marco had a good time there.



Eintrachtlers seemed to go to the camp with their good enthusiasms like this,

... but it seemed there were some players who were in no-good health after the camp. Too bad.

God bless you all, Eintrachtlers!!


--- What I did today -----------

I arrived at Frankfurt am Main around 18:00. It was about 11 hours flight.

On my way to the hotel I booked, I found DB bicycles.

s, strong frames...





When I checked in the hotel, a reception clerk who is like Ochs told me he assigned a large room for me because he knew my stay was a bit longer. Danke, Mr Ochs-like!





Amenities are cute and are made of natural ingredients.
That's German goods!




I was glad there were a bathrobe and a pair of slippers.





I was going to go for a dinner after I finished unpack my luggage, but I unconsciously dozed off because I couldn't sleep before I left my country. I had got a lots on my work and did them over the night.

I just slept like a log even though it was a Friday night and the first night of this trip. zzz...

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Trip to Herzlake, Trip to Am Main

Herzlake is one of the city in north Germany, and it seems to be a bit near Bremen. I've been to Bremen twice, the small beautiful city. I guess Herzlake is probably a beautiful city, too.

Then, SGE buddies has traveled to Herzlake for their training camp since 21 July, and I'm going to travel to Frankfurt on 27 July, Yeah!


SGE buddies wil be back on 27, the same day I'll arrive at am Main. But I guess they use a bus so I will never happen to see them at the airport.

Now we can see some pics of their training.


It's just European scenery for me again. Wonderful!
I hope they have a good training camp and will win the game of DFB Pokal on 5 Aug!

Ya, when it comes to DFB Pokal, I can be in Germany on that day, Thank God and my boss!
I got a bad cold last Wednesday, and I asked my boss like this;
me: Hello my boss, I got a bad cold and feel so bad....
boss: Oh, are you ok?
me: nooooo, I'm not ok. ......Do you feel pity for me?
boss: Yes, of course.
me: If you feel so, can I extend my days-off until 7 Aug?
boss: what? However the project will....
me: Uhhh, I'm working overtime today even though I've got a bad cold, uhhhh!
boss: ...o-k-, you can take days-off until noon on 7.
me: Yapppiii ! Thank you!

My flight plan has been changed. I'm going to leave Frankfurt airport at noon on 6 Aug and will arrive at Tokyo on morning 7th. I have to go to my office directly from Narita airport. I know it's tough, but it's ok for me. It can't be helped.
Anyway, I do hope I can get rid of this cold before I leave here. hehe.

A german guy told me the game on 5 Aug might be dangerous because of fooligans and some *** if a JP woman attend it alone. He also told me that I might watch smoke bomb and disturbance instead of the football. ....wow....
Oh no, however I've already got an air ticket from Frankfurt to Berlin. I don't have a ticket of the game but I guessed I might able to get it at SGE fanshop in advance or at the stadium in Berlin on the very day (5 Aug). So, I booked a flight to Berlin.
I guess(hope) I won't be involved in such things there.... If this blog won't be updated after my trip, it means I can't come back safely from Berlin. hahaha. ^^;

Anyway, I need to think what I'll do in Germany, except watching Eintracht Frankfurt. For openers, I'll try a glass of Apfelwein...maybe. :)

I thingk many Blog-G members and SGE fans will come to the fan festival on 29. I, of course, am looking forward to meeting them up by chance! (but there might be many people in the stadium, but I hope say hello if I could!) :D

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SGE Schedules up to the Opening Game of Bundesliga

The schedules they has opened are as follows;
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16 Jul ...Photo session
17 Jul ...Test match against Germania Ober-Roden
20 Jul ...Test match against Wuppertaler SV
21-27 Jul ...Training camp in Herzlake
28 Jul ...Test match against TUS Koblenz
29 Jul ...Fan festival
01 Aug ...Charity match with Bezirksauswahl Dillenburg
05 Aug ...DFB Pokal against FC Union Berlin
07 Aug ...Test match against Viktoria 07 Kelsterbach
11 Aug ... Bundesliga 1. Spieltag against Hertha Berlin
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Why I checked and extracted them is,

I'm going to tirp to Germany! Yeah!

My boss permitted me to take days-off as my summer holidays. Yeeeees, THIV! Thank God it's a vacation (even though it's just a week) !
I booked an airline from Tokyo to Frankfurt right after my boss said ok. Luckily I got a seat on Lufthansa flights.

I would like to attend the fan festival on 29 July and the charity match on 1 Aug if I could. I hope tickets won't be sold out by the time I'll get to the fan shop in Commerzbank Arena.
So, my days-off are until 6 Aug, it means I have to leave Germany on 5 Aug because of the time difference. I will try to ask my boss if I can extend my days-off for one more day. If he would say ok, I'll be able to be in Germany on the day of DFB Pokal.

I do hope nothing will happen on my business when I will be in Germany. No trouble will occur to a system I've maintained, bitte! ...Uhhh, I just brought it to mind that I got a phone call from my office the last time I was in Frankfurt and was watching SGE training... ^^;


Anyway, I'm looking forward to my trip to Frankfurt am Main! :D

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