Quote of the Moment"We are the middle children of history, with no purpose or place" - Fight ClubSo there we are - being served German beer and Rusian vodka by a Croatian waitress in an Irish and JRR Tolkien themed pub in uptown Zagreb, watching Mexico play Angola on the telly..... At some stages of the evening things got more than a little confusing.We've been in Zagreb for two days now, having arrived from an overnight train from Munich. We've been stay...

Quote of the Moment"There's something happening here, and what it is ain't exactly clear, there's a man with a gun over there, telling me I'd better beware. There's battle lines being drawn, nobody's right if everybody's wrong". That Song... You know the one I mean."What Nationality are you going to pretend to be?" I asked Vinny."French", he replied, quick like a cat. "You?""Australian", said I."Australian? Interesting"."Well, I can sa...

Quote of the Moment"I'm not saying I was directly responsible for the fall of the Berlin Wall, just that I made a contribution through the gift of music" - David Hasslehoff.We've just spent a quality two days in Berlin with Karim and Polly, who managed to get us beds in their hostel - the little angels.Berlin has gone pretty football crazy. They've closed off about half a mile of street from the Brandenberg Gate all the way down to that roundabout wit...

Quote of the Moment"I met a girl who sang the blues, and I asked her for some happy news" - American Pie... German television sank to new lows last night as they televised our rendition of the Don McLean anthem.The photos will tell the story a lot better than I can, but since this Internet Cafe is air-conditioned, you get both.An amazing day. I was wrong about the Paraguay fans being on the other bank of the river - there were only two of them. The England fans d...

Quote of the Moment..."No blades, no bows, leave your weapons here... No blades, no bows, leave your weapons here" - Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves.... If you've seen it you know what I mean.Well People, we made it. We only had to spend all day on trains yesterday to get here on time so it was fine. All the trains are full of Europeans... The train back from Stockholm was crammed full of hordes of Swedish lovelies, which was of course great. And, strangely, th...