SPAIN barcelona (my first barça game!)
my first barça futbol game! tickets are really reasonable and we were able to get tickets for only 30 euro! camp nou is a pretty big stadium and it looked pretty packed, considering it was a wednesday night game. i got into the game instantly by feeding off the crowd’s energy and passion for their team-much different than a game back home. my friends should definitely play over here where futbol is appreciated.
camp nou has a big screen but all it shows throughout the game are names of players substituting for each-other and scores of other games. no instant replays, no nothing. this was strange for me, especially when there was a play that called for one. waste of a big screen, no? anyway, the final score was 4-1 over zaragoza!
getting home was a chore and a half! the game started at ten, so it did not get out till after midnight….which meant the metro was closed for the thousands of people who stayed till the end. i don’t know why the city didn’t just keep the metro open for an extra half hour. night buses run every twenty minutes so we knew we could get home but you shoulda seen the crowd waiting to board. and for some reason, people would pile in and then stand sardines-style in the FRONT of the bus…while there was all this space in the back. seeing this, an old man stands in front of the bus and refuses to move. so, instead of asking people to move towards the back, the bus driver lays on the horn for about 10 minutes. no joke. i felt for him and others who wanted to get on, but damn. finally, people shuffled to the back and he and about TWENTY people got on. talk about an ordeal. at least we were on the bus.
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