If you live outside of Europe then you’ll probably be wondering which “final” I’m talking about.

I mean the final of Euro 2008 - the football (soccer) event that has been taking place in Austria and Switzerland for the past month. Probably of little interest to readers in the UK, the first round created little interest in Germany as well - except to the game against Austria which became so important to qualify for the final rounds.

The excitement reached a climax with Germany against Turkey - a match full of emotion with so many Turkish nationals living in Germany itself!

Tomorrow in the final Germany are up against Spain - and I shall very probably be watching it from the comfort of my own sofa in front of the television. Where else would I prefer to be?

How about in front of a large public screen in Frankfurt or Madrid?

With so many holidays makers from Germany on the Spanish islands, I could image somewhere like Mallorca or Lanzarote could be quite an interesting place to be as well.

But obviously top of the list has to be in Vienna for the final itself, doesn’t it?

With the exception of Frankfurt it would probably be the easiest as well - just get in the car and drive for 7 hours… after which I’d probably end up being rather tired and looking for a hotel. You don’t really think there would be any rooms available, do you?

Well there are - according to the site HotelsCombined. Admittedly most of the rooms for tomorrow night are not exactly cheap, but the FanCamp was offering a bed for the night for 38EUR - and was still advertising space available!

For a bit more style (and several hundred Euros) I could stay at Schloss Wilhelminenberg - a hotel in a former castle.

Now, how do I explain not being at work on Monday morning?