Monday, February 4, 2008
Manning and Brady in an Irish Pub in Hamburg
Posted Mon, Feb 4, 2008 at 11:06 AM
by Sam Winston
The sandwich board outside the redlight district bar read "Africa Cup/Super Bowl Party" in scribbled chalk and I expected to see Americans coming out of the woodworks for this mecca of American sporting events. Kickoff time came just after midnight here in Hamburg.
However, the anticipated expat crowd was reduced to myself, another American friend who had served in the Marine Corps, a Swede who was watching his first ever complete football game, an Aussie Air Emirates flight crew member who most certainly had no concept of time and consequently found himself in a pub, a couple sitting in the corner that was paying no attention to the game, and some South Africans that had stayed to have a drink after the soccer was finished. Them and a giant bucket of KFC chicken wings we picked up for the game (trying to translate "blue-cheese dressing" in German is pure comedy).
