The last three nights have been consumed by heineken drafts, double decker, and European soccer. Considering that 80% of the population here is expat and most of those expats are European, you can only imagine how wild the city is right now with Sweden playing Spain, Greece playing Russia, Croatia playing Germany (amazing game). I never cared much about the World Cup aside from the 1994 games when we were living in Guatemala and going to dinner with my family would turn into us waiting for our food while the sound of Spanish-speaking broadcasters echoed "goalgolgolgolgol...." from a 10 inch tv in the back of the restaurant. Soccer has completely cut into my productivity, but rightly so with the pulse of Dubai at the moment. Every pub and street corner is packed with people from all over the world supporting their team. It amazes me now after seeing this why Americans can't live and die for soccer the way everyone else seems to. Ironically enough, all the sports anchors here are from England, which sadly did not even qualify for the tournament!
Sunday, June 15, 2008
euro 2008
The last three nights have been consumed by heineken drafts, double decker, and European soccer. Considering that 80% of the population here is expat and most of those expats are European, you can only imagine how wild the city is right now with Sweden playing Spain, Greece playing Russia, Croatia playing Germany (amazing game). I never cared much about the World Cup aside from the 1994 games when we were living in Guatemala and going to dinner with my family would turn into us waiting for our food while the sound of Spanish-speaking broadcasters echoed "goalgolgolgolgol...." from a 10 inch tv in the back of the restaurant. Soccer has completely cut into my productivity, but rightly so with the pulse of Dubai at the moment. Every pub and street corner is packed with people from all over the world supporting their team. It amazes me now after seeing this why Americans can't live and die for soccer the way everyone else seems to. Ironically enough, all the sports anchors here are from England, which sadly did not even qualify for the tournament!
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After Turkey beat the Czech Republic yesterday, my neighborhood didn't shut up for almost two hours. I saw at least a dozen cars rolling up and down the streets, drivers leaning on horns, singing and waving Turkish flags. I love that this is perfectly acceptable behavior in Astoria...
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