Again, a quick recap…
I’m compiling a list of memorable/favorite events or situations from this trip that I didn’t have time to write about while I was gone. Is this an excuse to keep talking about Germany? Maybe! Nevertheless, I continue with #4:
Perhaps one of the most exciting things for all of us was getting to watch Germany play in three World Cup soccer matches and be there to celebrate along with them! This video describes it better than I can.
This t-shirt was one of the gifts we received when we visited the Deutscher Fussball-Bund. It has the logo for the Women's World Cup 2011.
Anyway, the day after we watched Germany vs. England from the streets of Frankfurt, we were scheduled to meet with the organizing committee for the Women’s World Cup 2011. Mr. David Noemi led our discussion, and it we all agreed that it was really cool to be there the day after a fussball victory for Germany! We learned about the goals of this organization (just to name a few):
- to build anticipation for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011
- to present themselves as cheerful, cosmopolitan and hospitable in the first Women’s World Cup to be held in Germany
- to write their own history of 2011
- to clearly express the integrative power of football for society
- to organize an environmentally friendly event
- to fill the stadiums, AND
- to strengthen the importance of girls’ and women’s football in Germany and around the world.
Here are some more pics from our FIFA visit. It was from here that we got on a bus and headed to Schwerin.
Jinny, Lisa and I outside the Deutscher Fussball-Bund
