EM Day 6 - ouch

Thursday was another rough one. Met the German/American couple (our new friends from EM Day 1, a.k.a. Saturday) at the FanZone to watch Germany v. Croatia on the big screen. Also rendezvous'ed there with the Swedish & Mexican guys and met a new German girl, all connected through work at ABB. Germany couldn't put it together all night and lost 2-1 to a deserving Croatian team, the first upset of the tournament. Wait to see which school of thought proves correct--an unavoidable bump in the road for a German team that will regroup and push to the final (my guess) OR evidence of real cracks that will be exploited in the second round.

Unfortunately for me, Thursday night ended up similar to Saturday. The group hit a neighborhood bar to watch the second game; all the people working Friday left at a fairly responsible hour (albeit well-quaffed) whereas those not working--the Swedes, a Mexican guy and me--stayed around way too long solving the world's mysteries (too bad I can't remember the solutions). The bartender kicked us out at closing time after generoulsy (ha!) providing a shot of some sweet pink liquor. Blech! Everyone is very nice, and the concept of possibly making friends in Zürich is still so foreign to Steph and me that we can't yet even grapple with it.

The Swiss have a pretty good sense of humor. Check out these bags from the local grocery (click to enlarge): Swiss-, Greek- and Spain-indicative food items decked out like soccer teams for the Europameister. Hilarious! Spain is the best.