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World cup craziness
Jun. 11th, 2006 08:54 pmI'm one of the least sports-addicted people I know - my wife Heidi watches more sports than I do, I watched less than 2 hours of the Winter Olympics, ignored the superbowl, and ignore both the Mets and the Yankees. But here we are, it's the soccer^Wfootball World Cup, my home country is playing, and I might as well watch it.
Which doesn't fully explain how Heidi and I get to be in a English football pub, down in the East Village, at 8AM on a Sunday morning to meet up with friends and watch the game against Serbia. It was a good game - well played and, due to an early Dutch goal, with the outcome never really in doubt. It's very strange to be drinking beer at 9AM with a crowd of 40-odd compatriots (more than I've ever seen together here in New York) to watch a game I normally claim not to care about. But it sure was fun, and if Holland plays more games on the weekend, I'll definitely do this again.
Which doesn't fully explain how Heidi and I get to be in a English football pub, down in the East Village, at 8AM on a Sunday morning to meet up with friends and watch the game against Serbia. It was a good game - well played and, due to an early Dutch goal, with the outcome never really in doubt. It's very strange to be drinking beer at 9AM with a crowd of 40-odd compatriots (more than I've ever seen together here in New York) to watch a game I normally claim not to care about. But it sure was fun, and if Holland plays more games on the weekend, I'll definitely do this again.
