So, I was supposed to be returning to the states today, after 6 months of living abroad. As it turns out, I was fated to stay in Germany for a couple extra days to watch Germany beat Turkey in tonight’s semi final game (aka I accidentally sent my passport home with some other luggage a few weeks back and didn’t realize until late last night… what can I say, the poor thing was homesick!) Unless something else goes horribly wrong on Friday, I wont be watching the final here, but I will be biting my tongue as I search for a place in NYC, any grimy place, to watch Germany play again on Sunday. The US embassy can sleep soundly knowing at least one of their citizens is out of the danger zone, since they seem to be pretty concerned: