Ah Germany!

Germany arrived in Poland yesterday looking all rumpled and casual in their traveling suits. 

What cracked me up before they left is the poor Lufthansa flight crew wanted to get a picture with them and no one could get coordinated.

“You guys, face front!”

“Philipp, put your hand down! Mats, open your eyes!”

“Mesut, smile! Mats, could you PLEASE open your eyes? Oh never mind”

“Mats! Pay attention! They do not pay me enough for this shit.”

“Sigh. This is going to have to do. It’s like herding bloody cats.”

Poor photographer. You’ve got to have sympathy with someone who has to deal with a group of people.

Die Mannschaft trained later that day in Lech Stadium in Poznan, Poland.

Holy tamoley! Duckie is twisted like a pretzel there! Looks ouchie.

Miroslav Klose was our lovely spokesmodel for press conference today.

Before training today, the team went for a bike ride. I don’t know why this gave me the giggles, but it did.

Holger cheekboning it up on a bike

Mats Hummels aka Hot As Hell on Wheels (but he really needs to open his eyes!)

How did they find a bike tall enough for Per to ride?!

Full disclosure: I have been eating Nutella while writing this post. It just seemed appropriate. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

– Lozil