Just back from the World Cup match Korea vs Togo. It was in a few words: hot, amazing atmosphere, hot and overwhelming enthusiasm. The match itself wasn't very good, barely average. But Korea won and that's what almost 60% of the crowds cheered for.
Rotterdam to Frankfurt is about a 4 hours drive. We ended up in a hotel in the city of Schwalbach am Taunus, just next to Frankfurt. How weird to find out that the hotel we booked via the internet turned out to be run by a Korean family. In fact, there seems to be a little Korean community in this area. It's funny to wake up in the middle of Germany and you hear people talking Korean outside. But we came here for a mission: the World Cup!We decided to leave the cars at the hotel and travel to the football stadium using the underground. It sure was the fastest way, but boy a journey it was indeed! The underground was jam packed with fans heading for the stadium. Now I know how an anjovis feels when it's canned and gets ready for shipment! The security wasn't as strict as we thought. In fact, the tickets weren't checked on the correct names as we all were warned. Such an event is, besides a celebration of the game, especially a commercial event. The beverages we were carrying weren't allowed to pass the gates. Obviously the beverages and food bought inside the gates were the cash cows.
The Frankfurt stadium has a capacity of almost 50,000 attendants and it was filled to the roof. Outside the stadium the party was already going on. Both people from Togo and Korea were enjoying themself with cheering or making music. Let's start with the game!
The first group matches have been played and it's not really clear how the teams should be judged. Which teams are playing at their best and which teams will disappoint? The real battles have yet to start. Some really interesting few weeks are waiting!
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