Words don't come easy after such a truly historic match. I've been watching the World Cup 2014 semi final between host Brazil and Germany at a friend's place and after 30 minutes we rubbed our eyes in disbelief: it seemed so unreal what happened at the Estádio...
The Semi Finals at World Cup 2014
4 weeks ago I posted about the World Cup in Brazil. Now the quarter finals have been played and my 2 favourite teams are still in the contest and might meet in the final, just like 40 years ago in World Cup 1974. As a son of a Dutch father and a German mother, little...
Where’s the referee when politicians play foul?
It's the World Cup in Brazil. Everybody's watching football (yes, including yours truly). Nobody's watching the politicians. And what are they doing? They are passing all the laws, that they don't want us to know about and protest against. They pass them secretly in a...
Sunday Music: Stan Getz / João Gilberto ‎/ Astrud Gilberto
Yes, it's the World Cup 2014 in Brazil and could I not treat you with some Brazilian flavour in my Sunday Music column? Of course no official World Cup songs or Samba EDM remakes, but some really lovely 60's Bossanova from the original masters. Although I have some...
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