Squirrels and Badgers

Did I already mention my favourite Madisonians? Pretty sure I did in one of the previous posts. It's the squirrels, true rulers of the Madison backalleys and tightrope artists on Madcity phone lines.

Guess once you live here for longer and if you have a garden that you care for, you'd rather consider them an annoyance or even a pest. Luckily I don't have to worry about something like that and just enjoy the sight of these small furry critters.

The Badgers, on the other hand, seem to be the all time favourite of the native (human) Madisonians! Now 'The Badgers' is kind of a collective name for the UW sports team, mainly Football, Basketball and Hockey.
Last weekend (D'oh, slacking on the posts!), Matt and me went to see a Badgers game (Football) at Camp Randall Stadium with tickets 'sponsored' by our PI Ron (thanx again ^^).
The seats were great and the game was quite entertaining. Entertaining for the two of us, for true Badger fans, I guess it was rather painful to see them fumble the ball on the kick-off return and watching the 2nd string offense walk backwards more than gaining yards. Anyway they played Western Illinois and a somewhat mediocre performance was enough to still win the match.
Only drawback for me: it was quite cold that day and after the game I had to go home and take a hot shower.

Breese Terrace next to Camp Randall Stadium is filled with Badgers Fans.

Americans are into marching bands. Why? No clue ...

Gooooooooooooooool! ... ah, sorry ain't soccer! Field goal for the Badgers.