Tonight was an absolute blast. We went to an irish pub, Scholars, after a class lecture tonight to catch some of the Euro cup before homework. Italy VS Germany. We ended up staying the entire time. Homework is not going to happen, but it was absolutely worth being tired and unprepared tomorrow.
The bar was crowded even though we showed up a half hour before the game. Ordering a burger and a Beck's beer took an especially large amount of pushing and courage for me (Europeans do not seem to form lines). But man was that burger good. The small comforts of home, even something as small as a salty french fry is so nice.
The game was featured through 3 large TV screens. The players entered with pretty epic music and close ups on their faces, much like our football (the slow motion stroll, etc). Then the Italian anthem began, and the bar filled with singing.
It is very true that Europeans (I say this b/c there was a blend of Irish, German, English and Italians present) have a smaller space bubble. For example, a girl having a conversation behind me kept bumping my back with her elbow, and a woman spilled her beer on my leg. I was certainly pressed between people beyond comfortable.
We did have a fun conversation with a couple Scottish men though, who had traveled a lot. One used to be a professional Scottish soccer player which is pretty random but cool!
Italia was supposed to lose to Germany, but we held our game and won 2-1! From my little knowledge of soccer, we had some great moves, especially when one of the guys head butted the ball into the goal. Of course, the cheering in the bar was ear-shattering.
Walking back home, the streets were filled with honking. People flew large Italian flags out their sun roofs and windows. It reminded me of the energy from winning a UW football or Bothell High game.
Since we won the semi-finals, I believe we're playing in the finals this Sunday. Whoo!
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