Ja! I’m back from Munich! It was supercool and I was having many beers.
These things were wunderbar:
- The city itself is fantastic. Very easy to get around, friendly locals, plentiful beer. 5000 Dandies can’t be wrong.
- The atmosphere before, during and after the game was brilliant. Everyone was singing, jumping around and generally just having a great time in Marienplatz. The police were friendly and everyone got along famously. Huzzah!
- The Allianz Arena is cool as fuck. Let me repeat that for you in case you were speed reading: cool as fuck. Everything you’d want in a modern stadium.
These things were scheisse:
- The scoreline. Not that I or anyone else there really cared that it was 5-1 by the end, but it just showed the difference in class between Aberdeen and Bayern. Which just further emphasizes how well the Dons played in the first leg.
- Heathrow. Just as well we got the red eye down because it meant we avoided a lot of the chaos that affected others. That said, we were still delayed in getting to Munich by about 5 hours.
A very special mention must go to Krazy Recycling Frau (may or may not be her real name):
KRF was a lovely woman who spent about 45 minutes chatting away to us in Marienplatz before the game despite speaking absolutely no English whatsoever. Every time someone would walk up to the bin to put a bottle in it, KRF was straight in there grabbing the bottle out of their hand and stuffing it into a plastic bag. She was also loving all the cuddles she was getting from the traveling support (“I’m 65! He could be my grandson! But he is very nice!”). KRF, I salute you. I just don’t have the slightest clue how you managed to carry all 8 bags of empty bottles home with you.
