You know you are a stranger in a strange land when …

You find out that there is only one pub in all of Dresden that shows rugby.
You write to them asking if they’ll be playing the All Blacks vs England game (Sabine edits your email and the only original words that remain are ‘All Blacks gegen England’) and they reply that the game will be shown.
You arrive at the pub at 9:20 am expecting a few England supporters and, just maybe, another Kiwi.
You realise at 9:40 that you will be the only person watching the game, indeed you will be the only person in the pub except for the four staff cleaning up after last night.
Your cheers celebrating the first All Black try echo in the empty pub.
The game finishes before the pub actually opens and there is nobody to ask the question "why didn't that team turn up to the world cup?".

Meanwhile, the lawn of the university has sprouted a marquee that is playing all of the Euro Cup games; surrounding the viewing area are beer caravans like circled wagons.
Many cars are bedecked with German flags
Many apartment windows are draped in German flags
At the gym this morning four out of the seven channels were playing football footage.
Prior to the German games starting, the streets fill with young German men, carrying beers, draped in flags, German hats, scarves etc all wandering towards a pub to watch the game.