Huzzah!

Just a quick post to talk about football :)

I have been trying to find an Aussie pub at which I can watch Aussie Rules games (at the suggestion of Rohan). I found one in Frankfurt and one in Wiesbaden, and emailed both to ask if they show games. The Wiesbaden staff appear to have minimal English, but the manager at the Frankfurt pub said they try to show games when they can find them, and later directed me to a satellite TV channel. He also mentioned that his friend played for the Frankfurt Redbacks, which I googled and ended up finding a wealth of German Aussie Rules information!

There's an AFLG (site), a National Team - the Blitz, and an AFLG League of 5 teams (previously 6, but the Strasbourg Black Devils are not competing this year). The teams are:

Frankfurt Redbacks: site
Rheinland Lions: site (guernsey resembling the Swans)
Hamburg Dockers: site (Freo colours)
Berlin Crocodiles:
Munich Kangaroos: site (North Melbourne strip)

They even have a Footy Record! site

I'll be in Vienna when the round one clash in Frankfurt is on, but there's another game in May that I want to catch. Sadly, the Grand Final will be in September, so I'll miss it :( But Caroline, it'll be in Berlin if you want to go watch it!

Anyhoo, this Saturday I'm going to Frankfurt so I might go visit the manager at the Aussie pub (site) and have a chat.

As an aside, here's a list of the Aussie things I have now introduced the Germans to:

Aussie Rules (courtesy of YouTube)
Netball (also YouTube)
Bogans (site)
Jimmy Barnes
Being "daggy"
"Yeah, I reckon!"
Cadbury Creme Eggs
Caramello Koalas
Tim Tams

I also tried to explain some Aboriginal history: stolen generation, reconciliation, and what I call the "North Queensland View" of things. I have minimal knowledge though.

Next up will be Guy Sebastian, Powderfinger and Vegemite. Can't get more Austrayan than that!

;)