Assmannshausen

I didn't want to resort to posting pictures of things that are silly because they're in a different language, but this one was too good.


After the flight from Charlotte, NC to Frankfurt, my family and I arrived at my uncle's family's house in Hannover on Friday morning, 5/16. My parents and sister stayed for 10 days. Over the next few months, I'll be staying there in between trips around Europe and northern Africa.

I insisted that we go see the local German soccer team, Hannover 96, in their final game of the season on our second day in the country. I didn't expect everyone to come, but we all went, including uber-sports fans my sister and my three cousins. None of whom care about sports at all. My reputation was at stake, so thank god the game was incredibly exciting.

The crowd was like a college football game, multiplied by 1000. The people at this end stood the entire game, chanting insane things. My sister and I debated if they were actually saying clever and rousing cheers. I tried to convince her that one complicated-sounding cheer was actually "Butts! Butts! Butts in your face!"

My cousin Reid. Enjoying his shopping.