united in Austria :-)

7. August 2010
As the portuguese footballer Zé Vitor had to leave St. Gallen's football club in spring, he decided to take on an offer from Cyprus and signed a contract with 'AEL Limassol'.
AEL Limassol spent the first two august weeks in Austria to prepare for the new season which will kick off at the end of the month. What a coincidence! :-))
So we decided spontaneously to head off on a road trip to Salzburg. It was a 5-hour journey and after we had lunch, we hopped back into my friend's little blue Fiat Punto and drove another hour to get to a small village called Bad Wimsbach.
The only reason making it worthwile to pay Bad Wimsbach a visit was the friendly game between the two football clubs AEL Limassol and Hertha BSC (from Berlin). AEL's president and vice-president were delighted to meet two girls who travelled all the way from Switzerland to support their team and so we had to pose for a couple of photographs. :-D But hey, I'd rather be famous in Cyprus than not being famous at all! =P
It was a great weekend! We got the chance to have a proper chat with Zé Vitor. He signed the football jerseys we had brought with us and in exchange we gave him an "Espenblock" scarf and some Swiss chocolate. He promised to get us free tickets for a match in Tsirion Stadium (AEL's home ground) if we travel to Limassol.
CYPRUS, YOU BETTER BE PREPARED! Because we will attend the game between AEL Limassol and Omonia Nikosia on october 23rd. I can't wait! :-)
(By the way: Zé used to wear shirt number 8 when he played for St. Gallen and I'm happy for him that he got the same number on the back of his yellow AEL jersey.)