Berlin, Berlin, wir fahren nach Berlin (Berlin, Berlin, we're going to Berlin)

This is the chant often taken up by German soccer fans during the German domestic soccer tournament. The finals are carried out in Berlin, you see. During the world cup, the final is also in Berlin, so the German fans have been chanting this alot. Now that Australia is in the final 16, some of the more optimistic Aussies here have been chanting it too. Bring on the Italians!

Owen, of course, has two teams to cheer for. His country of birth, and his country of citizenship. Unfortunately it's really hard to find an australian outfit of ANY size in Leipzig, let along for a 7 month old. Not a problem for the German games, as you can see in the photo. This is Owen cheering the Australia Brazil game with one of our fellow aussies. Wouldn't it be great if Owen was cheering an Australian German world cup final?!? But who would he barrack for?? We're not losing any sleep pondering this problem, don't worry!

Here's Owen practicing his soccer skills so he can try out for a future aussie team. Or will he try and play for the Germans?

It's been quite busy in Leipzig. On Saturday was a big match between Germany and Sweden- not in Leipzig, but you can see from this photo that the big screen area was really packed. They closed the main ring road around the city because the spectators were spilling onto it, trying to get a vantage point of the screen.

The match between Argentinia and Mexico was in Leipzig, and there were lots of fans in the streets. The mexicans were more interesting with their huge hats and outfits. There were also lots of unlucky fans carrying signs "I Need Tickets". Can't show you a photo though - they were a bit camera shy. Not sure why though...

As we all get excited about Monday's (German time) match with Italy, all we have to say is... Berlin, Berlin, wir fahren nach Berlin!