World Cup Kick's Off Month of Football

The World Cup starts today, kicking off my month of footy. One massive tournament to watch on TV (cue many early mornings, bleary-eyed watching matches live at 4am) and two 'local' tournaments to play in (one in Kobe this weekend, on in Nagano next weekend).
In Japan, Germany vs Costa Rica will kick off at 10pm, usually an ideal time to watch the match 1am, quite late, but not too late to stay up for. Unfortunatly I'll be in a car heading to Kobe. I don't know if we will be able to tune the car radio to a sports channel, but we can certainly try. Plan B is to rack up an obscene phone bill by reading the Guardian's minute-by-minute report on my keitai. Plan C would be to have Keiko send updates as she watches SkyPerfect at home. Plan Z, read the papers tomorrow.

But by travelling tonight, we can get to Kobe and have a bit of sleep before tomorrow's events; wake up, hammer every team and win tournament, find izakaiya with big screen, celebrate today's trophy, cheer on England. I'm really looking forward to this weekend and this month too.

Not even the American kit blatently ripping off the 'Escape to Victory' kit can put a dampner on things.