Although I find watching soccer to be right next to eating vegetables and reading science fiction on my list of least favorite things to do, I got the opportunity to go to a Real Madrid game and couldn't pass it up. Not only are tickets to games extremely hard to come by, if you do they are super expensive and typically in the nosebleed sections. A coworker of mine has season passes because his wife works for Real, so she had a few extra tickets and I was able to go along. It was quite the experience. Not only is the stadium bigger than anything I've ever been in (I think it holds 80,000) but the people are insane! Since it's Spain, we went to the bar for a few hours before the 10 pm kickoff. Our seats were on the goal line about 20 rows up--- incredible. While it wasn't the most exciting game (Real scored their two goals in the last 4 minutes of the game) I thoroughly enjoyed watching the people heckle one another, yell at the refs, and laugh at the "injured" players. And in true Spanish style, we went to the bar during half time and after the game. Not a smart decision on my part considering I had to get up for work 3 hours later...
Now that I've seen both a bullfight and a futbol game, I feel I've truly had the full Spanish experience. :)
Ciao para ahora, L
The Stadium
My coworker Juan Carlos and I
The view from our seats... amazing!
The beloved Ronaldo
Our crazy crew, out way too late!
Ciao para ahora, L
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