{"id":651,"date":"2010-02-10T14:16:19","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T14:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/?p=651"},"modified":"2020-10-26T14:23:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T14:23:33","slug":"heading-south-to-ulm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2010\/blog\/2010\/02\/10\/heading-south-to-ulm\/","title":{"rendered":"Heading south to Ulm"},"content":{"rendered":"

We said our goodbyes to Erfurt. I left my son behind, deciding not to stop by his mother’s for another heart-wrenching goodbye that morning of departure. We had had our goodbye the day before and it left me feeling sick. I couldn’t deal with another one that morning. Another goodbye to my girlfriend Jessica followed, but that was more of a positive as we will be seeing each other soon enough. My son has no idea of what I am doing. He has understood that Papa is coming back in the summer but my son has no idea of time. He’s just 3.5 years old. Ahhh Pauli, I am going to miss you terribly.<\/em><\/p>\n

We arrive in Ulm, wonderfully hosted by Florian, a night time street kick about in front of Ulm Minster.<\/p>\n

\"Ulm<\/a><\/span>Ulm M\u00fcnster spire shrouded by fog at night<\/small><\/div>\n
\"Florian\"<\/a><\/span>Our host Florian<\/small><\/div>\n

Before we retired that evening we received another message from Inter Milan: complementary tickets for the game on Sunday — and Monday morning photoshoot with a World Cup star. “Which one?” we wondered out loud. “Eto’o”, I said. Or would it be Inter captain and Argentinian legend Zanetti? Hmm, perhaps Julio Cesar or Walter Samuel?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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