Party in the Guggenheim: check
Wine tasting: check
Professional soccer game: check!
I finally got to go to a professional soccer game last Sunday. Michelle and Nina bought Kate and I tickets on Saturday for 35€ to see Bilbao Athletic play Tenerife (which from what I hear is the team of the Canary Islands?) As you can see I am not a die hard soccer fan, but I had to go to a game while I was in Spain. The game was at 5:00 so Lizzie, Michelle, Nina, Kate and I went out around 2:30 to some streets near the stadium and sat around in some bars until the game started.
I finally got to wear my Bilbao Athletic scarf, but Kate was too lame to wear hers so Nina did instead. Then Michelle went and bought herself one and right away I took advantage of my newly learned coloquial Spanish and called her a
chaquetera (fair-weather fan)! Michelle is normally a die hard Real Madrid fan, so when she bought that scarf i had so give her some flack about it :)
¡Chaquetera!
When we got into the stadium we had no idea where out seats were and after asking at least five people some others just pointed us to some empty seats... that were fourth row! Pretty sweet deal if you ask me. We got to see all of the first half's goals because we were on the north side of the field and when Athletic scores all these giant flags go flying up in the crowds. At one point one fan had his shirt off (not a sight for sore eyes) and was getting the crowd to chant the Bilbao Athletic fight song.
(The shirtless fan...)
Athletic won 4-1, but the ending wasn't as exciting as I had hoped... Maybe it was because it was on a Sunday or because it was an expected win, but I had my fair share of fun! I don't think I'll be splurging the money to go to another game, but it was a good opportunity to show off my newfound Bilbao pride! ¡Vaya Atlétic!
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