Ole Ole Ole!!!

Germany just won against Portugal in the quarter-final (Portugal was the favored team for this game) to move on into the semi-final against either Croatia or Turkey!!!! Outside I can hear the horns already blowing away in celebration. GO GERMANY!!! And I can imagine the flags are flying proudly tonight!

In fact, since the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the Germans have loosened up about their national pride and fervor. It is great to see them move beyond the guilt and shame of their national history. For the longest time, no one waved a German flag in fear that they would be labeled as too nationalistic or worse be associated with a past that everyone wants to forget. But today, I saw so many German flags waving, painted on faces, wrapped around shoulders, hanging from windows, flying from car windows(ok, I admit, we do have a German flag flying from our car window also, hehehe - hey, when in Rome, do as the Romans)! Awesome to see German nationalism restored to what it should be!

GO GERMANY - ALL THE WAY TO THE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN VIENNA ON 29.JUNE!!!!!
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