This post is a little bit late but hey, at least you're getting to see it! Our first weekend in Berlin, we went to a Hertha BSC match at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. This brought on a sense of déjà vu back to my days as a high school exchange student in Germany when I stayed in a youth hostel right next to the Olympic Stadium with 49 other Americans. We arrived at the game with a few hours to spare (extreme punctuality is a common trait among members of our group *ahem Robert and Professor Freeman ahem*). So naturally, we visited the booths selling Hertha merchandise. Several of us bought scarves to keep warm and blend in better with the Europeans. After visiting all of the booths in the general area of the stadium, a few of us wandered further in search of shelter and any source of entertainment. We wound up at the coolest plant/flower shop I've ever been to. It basically functioned as a botanical garden for us to spend our time at while waiting for the game to start. When it was time to enter the stadium, we met back up with everyone else and headed to our seats, which were actually pretty great. This was a big rival match between Berlin and Frankfurt so tensions were running high. The Frankfurt fan club occupied the section over from us and at one point during the game they let off flares and bright powders, starting the tartan track on fire. The whole situation was handled very diplomatically with an overhead announcement asking the Frankfurt team to "please stop doing that". The game was absolutely a blast. Fußball>Football ...However, the ending score of 0-0 was a bit unsatisfying.
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