November 29th was 'El Clasico'. Barcelona-Real Madrid. Here it's like the super bowl, but their are at least two each year. I went to see the game at an Irish pub here in Don Benito. I arrived 45 minutes early and still barely got a seat. The place was packed with soccer fans, both men and women. I would say the crowd was two-thirds Real Madrid fans. The atmosphere in the pub was amazing, it's something that America just doesn't seem to have. Everyone back home watches the game at home, and here they all go out to their favorite pub. In the end the home team won, 5-0 and I went home happy.
The Friday after Thanksgiving we had a dinner at our apartment with all of the American auxiliars plus a Canadian girl and a couple English guys from out of town. The food was terrific, but we didn't have a turkey which was a little strange. Instead we ate meatloaf and roasted chicken and a potluck of side dishes. It was a lot of fun and everybody seemed to enjoy the food.
Hi Matt, Your writing is fantastic. I'm impressed at how well you communicate your observations. Keep it up. And speaking of Thanksgiving, I didn't even know you were in Spain until I asked where Matt was! As for no turkey, it is an American bird so it probably isn't traditional in Spain. In fact it took a long time for the turkey industry to convince
ReplyDeleteAmericans to eat turkey. People were very resistant to it.
Please keep up the blog and tell us more about your everyday thoughts and your school. Did you know that Karen's family (except Michael who is in Honduras) will be in France the last week of March and first week of April?