Soccer champions

No, that's not about the EM (though we are all very excited about today's big game Austria vs. Germany).

Sascha was playing yesterday with his team for the championship in the U16 of the Bay State league.

Both teams have been undefeated in their previous games, and they truly were equally strong. They tied 0:0. After overtime and penalty kicks,

our Arlington team emerged as winners and qualified for the play off. Tomorrow evening is their first game in the Massachusetts Tournament of Champions.

Weather extremes: heat wave after days of rain

After days of rain,

we in New England will probably experience the first heat wave of summer in the coming days. The weather is way more extreme here than we were used from Austria, and I can only brace myself for having to sit through my son's soccer game tomorrow in more than 90 degrees.