the streets are deserted

this morning i was able to sleep in a bit, no lawn mower. after a bit it was off on my recovery ride, which was really windy. but i kept i tried to keep it easy, hopefully it was enough. after that i got back home and had some lunch, then headed downtown to do a few things i needed to. coming out of the grocery store there were some kids around my city bike, they asked me who i wanted to win, i said neutral. then they ran off a list of other teams. and i said it does not really matter, they looked at me in disbelief. it was kinda entertaining.
then back home and started dinner at around 5:30.
at 5:45 a friend told me that he was not going to the big screen to watch the game, he was going up a floor. i had no idea the game started at 6, so i figured that was a much better idea so i joined. the group had 2 tvs on a small belcony with grills and everthing that goes with that. also the couch from my floor, how they got it there i am not quite sure. anyway the world cup has started and the germans could not be any happier. ever since i got back from the store i have seen one car go by on the street outside my window, usually its fairly busy. everyone is glued to the tv now. and will be for the next month. its like the superbowl, except bigger and more popular, and no comercials during the game. but the game went off without a hitch for the germans who scored the first goal, and won 4 to 2.

the lake was nice today.