FC Bayern München

Hello everyone  :) Yesterday I was in München for the day. The atmosphere was incredible! We left Linz Saturday morning at 4:30 a.m. to head to Salzburg. From Salzburg we caught a train to München. We arrived there at 10:30 a.m. and the streets were already packed with Bayern fans (and a few Chelsea fans here and there). The first thing we did was head to Olympia park. It was huge. There were tons of stands, booths, bands and people are hanging out enjoying the beautiful weather. We walked through and then headed to the Olympia stadium. There was a free game between the world all-star legends and the Bayern all-star legends. Usain Bolt (the fastest man on the planet) did the kick off. After the game we walked down to the railing in the very front to watch the players get interviewed. Cafu (world famous Brazilian player) was throwing autographed soccer balls into the crowd. One went right behind me and one right in front of me and Cafu saw. He pointed at me and pointed to the railing above the entrance where the players enter and exit the field. I didnt know for sure if he was pointing and me or not and nor did the guy next to me so we both pushed our ways through the crowd and he saw me reaching my hand out from inside the crowd of people that wouldnt let me through. He handed it to me and everyone started grabbing for it. He took it back, shook his head no and pointed to me. Everyone turned around, looked at me and moved. He then reached his hand back out and gave me the ball. I WAS SO EXCITED! After that we went to BMW World. For those of you that know my future goals, I was ecstatic. It was so awesome and the cars were of course beautiful. After that we took the metro to the Allianz soccer stadium where the game was going to be played. We then headed into the city center. The streets were PACKED. There was broken bottles everywhere and so much trash on the streets. I cant believe the mess thats there today. Everyone was screaming Bayern and tons of other chants. After hanging out around the streets with all the fans we went back to Olympic park to find somewhere to watch the game. There were no big jumbo trons showing the game like we expected so we were walking out as we saw a bunch of people our age sitting on a hill. We asked them if they were going to show the game and they said yes and invited us. They gave us blankets and food and we all hung out. They projected the game onto one of their dorm buildings. It was fun sitting out with all the fans watching the game. Seeing them lose during the shoot out wasnt so fun but the experience was still awesome! Here are some pictures of the day :)

 Usain Bolt

 Cafu

 Me and my autographed Cafu ball

 Allianz arena

Where we watched the game

Friday night I will be heading to Deggendorf until Tuesday to spend some much needed time with family. Also, I just got the news... Its official. Eric will arriving here in Austria on June 22nd and will spend a week with me here in Linz. I am so excited to see him and show him all around Austria. Hope we dont get into too much trouble :)