And with Saturday's defeat by Mainz ending Hamburg's 12-game unbeaten home record, Fulham will arrive in highspirits - despite the arduous 600-mile drive they were forced to take because of the closure of British airspace after the volcanic ash cloud.
Plus, the crowds are gone and, as a friend who once worked on another New England resort island quipped, the full-timers are in highspirits because the summer people have gone out but they still have all the money they earned during high season.
Everyone's in highspirits, despite the fact that it's winter here in the southern hemisphere, and they can't as easily get away with that whole hippie line-sitter thing like in New York.