For whatever reason this thread is giving me proper flashbacks of the 2006 World Cup. I arrived in Frankfurt from Jakarta just before the tournament started and managed to catch England v Paraguay, South Korea v Togo, Tunisia v Saudi Arabia (a hugely entertaining game, by the way) and Holland v Ivory Coast live, along with plenty others at fan fests or whatever you called them back then. I flew out to Hong Kong to join my late dad, who was working on a business project there, sometime during the knockout stage and watched the rest of the tournament somewhere at Lan Kwai Fong or on television at the comfort of our hotel suite.
What a summer that was. Long uni summer break, no smartphones, pre-social media internet. It was pure, unadulterated fun with my best friend at that time and random football fans from around the world.