This weekend kicked off the first matches of the Euro 2008. Its a soccer tournament for qualifying European "football clubs". Within 5-10 min walking distance of our apartment is a big parking lot area where they normally hold flea markets and carnivals. This year they set up a Fan Zone with 2 HUGE screen TVs and loads of vendors selling food and beer. Its a great place to go and watch the games with some friends so, that's what we did on Saturday. We met up with our friends Mark and Lucie who are avid soccer fans.
Now I knew there were a lot of Portuguese people that lived in Geneva but our neighborhood should be called Little Portugal instead of Acacias. Portugal played against Turkey last night at 8:45 pm but the Portugal fans were out in force around noon. The Switzerland team played against the Czech Republic at 6 pm (Swiss lost) but there were more Portugal flags flying than Swiss ones. I was hoping that Portugal would get knocked out early so the neighborhood wouldn't be crazy for weeks but I don't think I am going to be so lucky. Never the less, we had a great time and are hoping the Swiss play better next game.
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It looks like fun! I see you, Brian, are sporting a brand new pair of white kick...tres chic!
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