after a full 24 hours of travelling followed by another 20 of work, i find myself back in the states, head still spinning from a crazy football road trip and the subsequent return to normalcy. all said and done, we drove our opel corsa over 5000 km (~3200 miles), covering the majority of germany in 3 weeks, not to mention forays into the netherlands, belgium, and the czech republic. of the twelve host cities, the only one that we didn’t visit was stuttgart. from munich in the south to hamburg in the north, germany opened its arms to us and millions of other football pilgrims, and put on what has to be one of the most successful world cups in history. i will begin posting my pictures starting tonight, and the majority should be online through this weekend, so you all can share in the sights, places, and people of world cup 2006 germany.