World Cup

Nearly as exciting as "Spargelzeit" where the entire country goes nuts for asparagus, is World Cup.  OK, totally kidding. World Cup is an even bigger deal here.  And coming from a country that isn't as into soccer as the rest of the world I have to say it is quite fun to be swept up in the frenzy.

Every single restaurant brings in a big screen TV during World Cup so that you can watch games while you eat.  Some are set up

indoors but most outdoors.  You can tell the TV is only there temporarily because it is always on some kind of makeshift table with typically some kind of German flag or other German paraphernalia. 

We have a screen in our apartment but it isn't connected to any TV stations we have only used it to watch movies off of Netflix.  We had been trying to watch the soccer games on our tiny iPads and the only way we could watch was live stream which was either the "birds eye view" which meant not only was the iPad screen teeny but the people playing soccer were teeny tiny dots.  Or the live stream was delayed so it was so pixelated that you could barely see anything.  Benjamin has been THRILLED when we have timed our going out to eat dinner while a World Cup game was being played.  Typically we don't get seated right in front of the TV as they probably leave those seats open so people can see the TV.  But no bother, Benjamin quickly eats his meal and moves himself nearer the screen.