Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Football

On Sunday we went to a bar near our apartment to see if we could watch the Championship games for football. Coincidentally, every other Italian was there watching futbol. Inter and AC Milan (the two top teams in Italy) were playing so we had to wait to request that they turn on the American football games. We ended up watching the soccer game with a bar full of crazed Italians hollering and giving standing ovations to the television. The place was out of control. Inter won the match 2-0 despite playing with 10 men for the final 70 minutes. Side note: Inter plays Parma this weekend and we're likely going to get killed. Finally we had the courage to go ask the bartender if they could switch to the American football game. He obliged and told us that he'd turn on one of the TVs for the game. He then pointed to the downstairs and sent us to an outside tent where we could watch the game. Unfortunately, it was 30 degrees out. Pretty vital lesson learned, always bring a hat and gloves to the bar.

As for the Super Bowl we asked if we could potentially watch there and reserve some tables. He turned to the date and looked at calendar and said "It's Italy. Nobody watches the Super Bowl." However, he kindly said he can keep the bar open until two at the latest. Which means we'll be seeing about a first quarter and a half of the game.

2 comments:

  1. Hey Brian...next time please take a picture of the crazy Italians....I'd love to see it (or maybe I wouldn't?).
    Love, Mom

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  2. Can you stream the game on your PC? Mrs. S

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