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| KILL HIM! RUN! |
Monday the 28th of January 2013 was a landmark occasion for me. I went to a sporting event. Voluntarily. I am unable to decide myself whether showjumping or a rodeo really count as sporting events (I think the fact that I am saying "sporting events" shows my lack of experience in the field) (HA! FIELD! sports, get it? Never mind.) so it might not have been my very first sports... thing, but in any case this was the first time I paid to watch people play with a ball.
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| very enthusiastic altogether |
Football is the national pastime of Spain. Footballs are easier to come by for the average person than bulls so that's probably why. Also, being something popular all around the world it gives them something to show off about, having won pretty much everything they could win in the last few years. So yes, Spain are very very good at football/soccer what have you. Seville, apparently, are not. They used to be but lately, no. Not really. On Monday night we probably saw them in top form as they managed to beat Granada 3 nil.
(Apparently this isn't saying much because apparently Granada are also Not Very Good.)
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| yay |
Perhaps you are wondering why, after 5 months, I decided to go to a match. Well as a way to encourage visitors Sevilla FC organise special nights for different nationalities that they know are present in the city. Monday was Irish night which meant we only had to pay €5 for our tickets, as opposed to €15. AND we got free scarves. A not very trad Irish band played before kick off and during half time the (quite popular it would seem) Sevilla GAA club Éire Óg Sevilla gave a demonstration of Ireland's national sport "Fútbol Gaélico". I imagine this left the Spaniards quite confused, particularly as both teams were shooting into the same goal. In any case seeing this and hearing a bit of the aul Gaeilge over the sound system made me come over all patriotic and nostalgic, you'd think I'd moved to America during the Famine. All in all I enjoyed my first taste of the World Of Sport, though I did get a bit bored when it got cold and I ran out of sweets. I suppose it helps when your team wins.
As a side note, although this blog started out as a way of me documenting my year and keeping people at home up to date, thanks to the magic of the internet I've noticed lately a little more variety in my readers. In the last week I've had views from Saudi Arabia and Taiwan which I really think is amazing. I don't know how you found me but welcome, enjoy your stay. Hasta pronto chicis xx
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