PHOTOS: Germany & Luxembourg

We didn't stay in these countries too long so I thought I'd merge the two countries to make one photo post! The first few photos are of Germany then the rest are of Luxembourg!

Luxembourg...

Abi :)

Where I'm Going on my Holiday

As I have mentioned in a previous post (WANTED: Guest Bloggers - if anyone else would like to do a guest post you're more than welcome!) I am going on holiday soon eeeek! It is the first time I've 'properly' been abroad and I'm VERY excited! I'm going with my boyfriend and it's also our first 'proper' holiday too so it's super special!

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Enough waffling and onto the holiday itself! WE'RE DOING A 3000 MILE ROAD TRIP ROUND EUROPE!!!!! Ahem, yes excited was perhaps an understatement...

Firstly, we're going to be spending a few days - including Valentine's Day - in Paris, then head to Pisa to see the Leaning Tower, followed by a stay in Rome and finish off our stay in Italy with Venice (which I am probably MOST looking forward to!) 

After Italy we're heading to Switzerland and straying over to Liechtenstein for a look around and then will end up in Germany. After Germany we're going to Luxembourg and then Amsterdam and finishing off our European road trip in Belgium!

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So, I hope you understand why I'd REALLY APPRECIATE some guest bloggers for the while I'm on holiday and look forward to all the posts and photos I'll be posting after my trip!

Abi :)

World Cup Final 2014

Okay so it's going to be two blogs in one day but I couldn't NOT blog about the World Cup Final!

It's been an eventful World Cup: England were basically an embarrassment, Luis Suarez decided to bite another player and the unforgettable 7-1 defeat for Brazil against Germany which led to riots breaking out across the hosting country.

I'm not a huge football fan, but when England play I usually watch - support your own country and all that! And it's the World Cup Final so I wasn't going to miss it! I didn't do anything special, I just watched the game live on BBC iPlayer in my room - I'm definitely not the sort of person that would watch a game of football, invite a load of people over, hang flags out of the windows and sing all the national anthems!

Whilst watching the commentary before the match I was reminded of Michael McIntyre's 'thoughts' on the World Cup of 2010, I'll leave the video for you to watch here:

It was quite a tense game right from the first whistle, one minute the ball was metres away from one goal the next minute it was straight back in the middle of the pitch. Around 20 minutes into the game Argentina looked sure to score when they were faced with no German defenders in front of them, but the kick was wide and didn't go in - much to the annoyance of the Argentine team and fans.

At half time Argentina (Gonzalo Higuain) had scored...but it was disallowed, two German players had been booked (including Benedikt Hoewedes) and the score was only 0-0. 

Having a talking to by the ref!

Back from half time and over 80 minutes into the match the score was still 0-0 I was beginning to think it would just come down to penalties.

At 90 minutes the score was STILL 0-0 and an extra 3 minutes was added and then another 30!

15 minutes to find a winner!

Both teams were getting desperate, resulting in injuries being sustained (Schweinsteiger)

113 minutes in and Mario Gotze of Germany scores!

And they've done it! Germany won 1-0 against Argentina - no penalties needed!

Hope you enjoyed this!

Abi :)