During my short stay in Germany all the local people that I met or came in to contact with were extremly friendly and hospitable and more than once I wondered if the English would have shown the same welcome to the German fans had roles been reversed? So, even though I'm not the biggest footie fan in the country, I was disappointed to see the World Cup 2006 hosts get knocked out byt Italy.

Here's one of my pics of a happy German fan partying with the English fans in Stutgart after the Ecuador match.