*October 29, 2009*
So this past week was a crazy stressful week with midterms, so about twenty of us bought tickets in advance for the Real Valladolid vs. Mallorca fútbol game for thursday night, for after midterms.
Once we were out of class, we headed to the Plaza de España to pick up the bus that would take us to the stadium just outside the city. When we got there, there were MASSES of people heading into the stadium.
When we got inside, we had no idea how to find our seats. When we asked someone, they said you could sit anywhere, so we ended up sitting in the best part of the stadium: where all of the crazy/chanting/creaming/hollering/singing dressed-up fans were. It was so much fun! Some of the chants they sang during the game were familiar tunes... like Yankee Doodle and a few other chants that reminded me of going to college football and basketball games back in the States. We also learned the nick-name for Valladolid - Pulcera (pronounced PUH-THE-RAH) which they chanted a lot... along with a ton of curse words in Spanish towards the other team.
We had such a good time - plus, WE WON!
I'm so glad that we were able to see and experience a fútbol game in Spain, since it is such a huge part of the culture here.
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