A CARPARK, SORRY CAMPSITE, STUTTGART - Ricco and I went to find the in the Stuttgart suburb of Botnang this afternoon.
Alas, Thursday just happened to be the in this part of Germany and the place was closed - but that was definitely not the end of the story.
LONDON - You won't know this yet, but we've set up a friendly prediction league between our bloggers.
There are no prizes. There are no forfeits, just pride among sport journalists. And lot's of it.
We've used Five Live's Challenge Lawro (you know that Mark Lawrenson chap from the TV) to get our league going and the early front runners were Five Live's very own Nigel Adderley and a certain blog editor.
Perhaps more importantly, Fletch is well ahead of Ricco so things could turn nasty in their mobile home Svan. .
Alex T, blog editor
Afternoon folks,
Hope you're all enjoying the blog today - I've had a call from Nigel Adderley who is mortified to think anyone reading his last night mistook his comments about Andriy Shevchenko..
DORTMUND – It was certainly a lively night in the city, with over 400 arrests and more van-loads of police in riot gear than I’ve ever seen in my life before.
It seems that when the German police move in, they do it in numbers.
But the clampdown on suspected hooligans and drunken fans was only a part of the picture.
A MOTORWAY, TOWARDS STUTTGART - Fresh from doing three-point turns on the finishing straight at on Wednesday, we are now heading further south.
Last night we watched Germany's narrow win over Poland in the beautiful town of Heidelberg, but the evening was not without its more unsavoury aspects.
NUREMBERG - England’s World Cup base near Baden-Baden is equipped with all mod cons – most crucially the technology to watch their usual television channels from home.
Wayne can keep up with his personal favourite Coronation Street, thus not losing track of which murderer, abuser, poison pen writer, or general all-round bad egg Gail Tilsley’s got herself involved with in the last fortnight.
HEIDELBERG - It's another fine morning in Germany and I think my adrenalin has finally stopped pumping after the experience, but it'll get going again ahead of the England game, I'm sure.
Check out our video of Svan tackling the turns of a Grand Prix circuit - I wonder what our advanced driving instructor would think of it...
BERLIN: I know that the Â鶹Éç has to be neutral, but I must admit to celebrating that dramatic late German winner last night. I’m also really enjoying we’re getting through this site.
LEIPZIG - Diego Maradona's presence as a pundit created chaos in the press box ahead of the game as his security entourage seemed determined to stop anyone else from doing their jobs. But nothing could disguise Spain's terrific start to the tournament - or Andriy Shevchenko's disappointment.
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