No matter where one lives, or how people call it, either soccer or football, everybody knows what the FIFA World Cup is all about. This famous competition went on last time in Germany, having Italy as the World Champion, and news coverage abounded about the players, the coaches, famous plays and daily match results. Coverage of the 2006 World Cup could be found in newspapers all over the world!

The history of World Cup Soccer can be traced back to 1904 in Paris, where on May 21, FIFA, also known as the Federation Internationale de Football Association, was founded.

Representatives from seven different countries became members of the federation at this time, and those countries included France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. As years passed, more and more countries joined, and the United States became a member in 1913.

The very first World Cup Soccer Event was held in 1930 in Uruguay. Other host countries for this famous sporting event have included France, Italy, Korea, Japan, Mexico, Spain, Argentina, England, Chile, Sweden, Brazil and Switzerland.

For the year 2006, the destination for World Cup Soccer was Germany. Cities in Germany which hosted events include Berlin, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Gelsenkirchen Hanover, Cologne, Munich, Leipzig, Kaiserslautern, Nuremburg and Stuttgart. Stadiums located in these host cities where tournament games were played include the Berlin Olympic Stadium and the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, among others. Many of these stadiums are so large that they can accommodate crowds of up to 600,000 spectators!

Although the majority of the fans who love World Cup Soccer do not reside within the United States, many Americans enjoy the coverage of this world-wide known event that the nightly news and morning newspapers afford them. This event is so very popular that it has its own website, its own magazine, and commands massive media coverage, both on television and in print.

The 2006 World Cup had 32 different teams competing, with teams representing six different continents. The teams are referred to as "squads", and each one of them consists of 23 players. That makes the total number of individual players who competed a whopping 736!

People from all over the world travelled to Germany to witness this awesome sporting spectacle. Tickets were sold out in record time, and commanded astronomical prices. Depending upon the host city, as well as what type of seating is desired, ticket prices ranged from 1,000 to 150,000 euros. Some tickets were also available online.

Estimative shows that the 2006 World Cup was attended by approximately 8 million fans, and host cities planned "Fan Fests" to make sure that all visitors stayed entertained in between matches. Some of the different featured events for Fan Fest included live concerts, spa getaways, street parties, beach club extravaganzas, cookouts, fan game days, and much, much more.

Germany is a great country steeped in history, art, and beautiful natural wonders. Those who went to the World Cup in 2006 surely had the time of their lives, and for those who weren't able to be part of it, you can start saving your money for the next World Cup, in 2010! No matter who wins, it will always be an unbelievable experience.

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I love my hot chocolate, But this one is very weak, I have to add a little syrup to give it a more chocolate taste.
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Keurig Green Mountain Cocoa

Mildly chocolate, nice aftertaste. Be sure to shake container well to loosen product. If result is week, open container and add unused powder to your cup.Keurig 15540 Green Mountain Coffee - Hot Cocoa
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10x the cost of Swiss Miss packets for an inferior product and no real convenience factor!

Let me start this review by saying that I ***LOVE*** my Keurig machine! I can get a great cup of coffee, any strength, any brew, any boldness, any flavor, without brewing up a whole pot. It is a brilliant concept for coffee, which has always lent itself to either mass-brewing or pathetic...
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Weak

You have to use two of these cocoa's. One you have to open and put in the cup while using another in the machine. This cocoa is very weak in taste and texture.
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expectations

Green Mountain Hot Cocoa is really quite good. We brew it in the smallest size with a dollop of milk. I don't bother with cutting open the top. My husband likes to add a packet of splenda as well. We drink a cup almost every evening in the winter and the kids enjoy having a K-cup they can...
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tastes like plastic

I purchased this package of hot chocolate for my parents to go with their new coffee maker. This way, grandchildren could enjoy the machine too. But the chocolate (about $.65 a cup) tastes funny and will not be appealing to the kids.
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I won't be purchasing this again

The chocolate flavor is weak. What you need to do is use the smallest cup size, then after it is done take out the cup, open the lid of the K cup and scoop out the rest of the powder. It's drinkable, but barely. Worse then the extra fuss of mixing the powder yourself, is the flavor. There is a...
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Boring, Flavorless, Lackluster Hot Cocoa

I love my Keurig and I was ecstatic about the hot cocoa option. My Keurig came with this flavor as part of the variety pack, and I have to say, it was probably the worst hot cocoa I have ever had. Hardly any taste. Pretty much tasted like very watered-down hot chocolate.The only question I have...
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Blah!

In my opinion this cocoa is pretty blah. Weak, with a really awful after taste.
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Disappointed

I was keeping an open mind when trying the hot chocolate as I had read many of the reviews. The ones that expressed dissatisfaction were right on. Felt it was extremely watery and tasteless and that was using the smallest cup setting. I would suggest using the machine just to heat the water and