First of all, let me say that I am not a soccer fan. However, the recent positive energy of the enthusiasm for the World Cup in South Africa has been somewhat infecting. The marketing guys had great fun coming up with soccer-related ideas -- even in the food industry. Just see those grilled sausages in Germany's colors -- black (pepper) , red (bell pepper powder), gold (mustard):
You can also buy soccer rolls.
Most of all, I loved these hard-boiled eggs colored like a soccer ball:
There were also sweets which had at least the colors of a soccer ball:
Then there are the free fan items. The tattoos came with the little cream-filled cakes above and the small ball and scarf were freebies with two boxes of apples.
In my neighborhood you could recently often hear the sound of a vuvuzela -- not the greatest sound on earth for sure... Moreover, some people put up flags on their cars or even houses.
Due to Germany's history, it's something you rarely see. All the more, it has been nice to see all that wishing and hoping and coming together, even if Germany's dream of winning the World Cup ended on June 7.
I love the World Cup! The German team played so well! Everybody kept talking about how they were such a 'young' team and not favored and yet they played really well and blew everybody away. When I was in school my father was US Military and stationed at Bitburg Air Base. I have lovely memories of that time.
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