AMD 5

For my AMD 5, I went to the "Step Into German" website. The first thing that caught my eye was the Soccer tab. My biggest hobby is playing and following sports. I already knew that soccer is by far the most popular sport in Germany but they confirmed it with, "Let us take you on a tour through a country where soccer is truly king" so I was really interested on reading up on it. I went to the "Soccer Cities" tab and went to a few of the cities that I have heard of before. I checked out some really cool pictures of Soccer stadiums they have and other famous/main attractions each city might have to offer. I think if I had to pick a place to visit, it would either be Berlin or München. Berlin has so much history behind it and I am really interested in that, also the pictures from there look really cool with lots going on in a big city like that. Then, München also looks really nice with the scenery. Both cities would have good soccer teams to watch and I'm sure with cities like that they are really into their teams. Then after that I listened to a soccer podcast that talked about the different teams and soccer info which I somewhat understood. Lastly, I went to the "Soccer in the Movies" tab. This was by far my favorite thing I found on the website because it had video trailers for movies dealing with German soccer. I watched all of the trailers they had and I had 2 clear favorites. First off, "Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen" looked really good. It showed the significance of German soccer, and all of the hype behind the sport. The soccer players are treated like the top celebrities in the country and obviously in the specific city they play in. The shots they got inside the stadium during games looked so awesome with the crowd so into it. I never have been to any pro or meaningful soccer game of any sort because it is not as big in the US. It is something I would really like to do someday. I think I understood most of the trailer and from the title, I think it's about an underdog team who wins the championship of some sort because märchen means "fairy tale." I might even decide to watch this one. Then my other favorite was "Das Wunder von Bern" and I actually totally forgot about this movie until I started watching the trailer for it because we watched it in my high school German class! I really enjoyed the movie, and I thought it had a good story behind it dealing with soccer. I really enjoyed doing this AMD because the website was very good and had a topic that I am interested in.