La Coupe du Monde de Football
Is everyone amazed that France beat Spain and then Brazil?? The French definitely are!!! We (some other trainees and Juliet and I) made an effort to go watch France v Spain surrounded by an many French people as possible so soak up the atmosphere while it lasted because we were fairly certain that it would be there last game. We went to a big outdoor stadium in the South of Paris where it is broadcast on a big screen. The entire place was packed, both the field and pretty much all the stands too. I don't think I actually saw any of the French goals because every time they scored (or looked like they were about to) everyone jumped to their feet and started yelling and screaming and jumping around. People were letting off flares all around the place. The feeling inside the stadium was amazing, and afterwards on the streets it was just as nuts. As we were walking back to the metro the guy next to us said that it was the same ambiance as the World Cup in 1998.On Saturday night after France beat Brazil we jumped straight on the metro and followed the crowd to the Champs Elyseés. It was, as Petra put it, AAAMAZING!!! There were people as far as the eye could see, all the way for the Arc de Triomphe to Place de la Concorde. Everyone was chanting and letting off flares (they love those flares, apparently it’s a European football thing) and gathering around. To tell the truth I wasn’t really sure exactly what they were doing and I don’t think they knew either. We joked that no one knew what to do because the French are so used to losing they don’t know how to celebrate a win. I really hope they win now, I can’t even imagine what it would be like.
I'm just so glad I still have a team to support. ALLEZ LES BLEUS!!!!
posted by Gigi @ 6:07 pm
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