Tonight I watched the game Germany vs. Turkey in a Yemeni (but very Western) restaurant… in Arabic on Aljazeera Sport. Wow, what a game, what an atmosphere. In fact, the restaurant was packed, and only two people were cheering for Germany… and one of them was me. The other one was another student of the Language Center, apparently a German. He had brought all his merchandise from home: he wore a German jersey and carried a (hand)bag in German colors. Then, when the national anthem was played, he stood up and sang it aloud… do I have to mention that he has a mohawk haircut? Oh well, anyway, the behavior of my fellow countryman embarrassed me a few times during the game. He was just behaving like many thousand other German soccer fans… but in Yemen. And by the way, I am highly critical of the new wave of soccer nationalism that has taken hold of many Germans these times… but I don’t have to tell you that, you know me. This attitude simply scares me, as did the guy in the restaurant. But yeah, we won! Finaaaaallle! Did I mention that I didn’t see two goals (2:1 and 2:2) because Aljazeera had technical problems? Welcome to Yemen!