EURO 2008
I went into town last week to watch the final of the Champion’s League in a bar, and I have to admit, it’s now time to start mentioning the football.
The European Championships (which is essentially all the world class teams apart from the South American nations) is being held in Switzerland and Austria from 7-29 June.
So, to put it simply, if you’re planning to be in Switzerland over that time and haven’t already booked flights/hotels, do it now. On match days, the authorities haver even extended the allowed night-flying times, to allow more efficient handling of passengers.
It’ll be a great event with a lot of temporary viewing facilities being erected throughout the country, so it’ll be great to be here. Party zones are the talk of the town and I have to admit I’m curious what will be built!
The matches in Switzerland are being held in Geneva, Basel, Bern and Zürich. The photo above shows the Zürich stadium (hosting an athletics event) and the one below shows part of England’s dismal attempt to qualify.
I’ll be running a series of posts on this over the coming weeks, but will intersperse it with some of the normal (and wacky) stuff too.
Photos: Flickr BeatKüng JohnTheScone
6 Comments
Can’t wait for this! I’m a Greek citizen as well as an American citizen so I am looking forward to watching Greece defend their title!
Well, I haven’t worked out who to support yet, due to the incompetence of the English team, and as there are enough people supporting Switzerland, I may as well go for Greece!
Cool! I’m hoping the Netherlands does well too since I live here and am curious to see how crazy this place will get if they do!
Never had the privilege of being involved in some crazy European soccer party, hehe.
I would hope Geoff would support the country he lives in and writes about so eloquently!
Of course I will – if they win
The last time they played they got hammered by Germany, and I think there’s going to be a lot of disappointed people! But I do want them to do well, but suspect I’ll be backing the Azzuri (that’s the Italians).
Oh, and Greece
Oh, and Lucy, thanks for the compliment!