I must say, I was not over excited about this having been bored every time it comes on TV at home. I suppose though, when you're in Barcelona, this is one of those things you have to do. Apparently the team is the best team in the world? Anyway, so we bought tickets for the night's game that starts at 10pm! That's usually when the Canucks game ends!
We wanted to get to the stadium earlier, one to account for the possibility that we might get lost, and second, to snap some pictures without the crowd.
When we got to the stadium stop of the metro, there was already a ton of people and this was 2 hours before the game started! We attempted to find some fast food around the area, and trust me, was very tempted by this McDonald's Walk Thru! That's right! WALK THRU! We should totally have this at home. Just imagine a world where McDonald's could be bought while you're drunk out of your mind walking home, and without having to actually enter the restaurant. Ahh I miss that Chinese take out window on Davie.... mmm black bean pepper on rice!
So we eventually found a hotdog stand by the stadium, but only it was much more expensive than the Costco hotdogs that we love so much.
After two hotdogs each, we entered the stadium. It was, I'll admit, quite amazing. The stadium was huge! Our seats were perfect, centre line second level, great view of the entire field!
The atmosphere was buzzing. The stadium was so big I think it would be hard for security to make sure people were all at the right spots, and of course, throughout the first 10 minutes of the game, I saw a few young couples being asked to move as they were not in the right seats. You would think after being asked once they would go to their own actual seats but no, they continued to find seats that I assume were better than what they spent their money on, but only to be asked 10 minutes later again to be moved. How embarrassing.
Oh forgot to mention the hotdog I had inside the stadium with fried onions on top! It was MAGNIFICENT!
The game was surprisingly exciting. It was definitely a passionate crowd. Even though I can't speak Spanish nor understand it, I could tell what the guys were saying! "Just shoot it"!
The game was tied after 80 minutes, and you can really feel the crowd getting frustrated. The visiting team was attempting to waste time the entire game and the crowd was really getting annoyed, and they show it by whistling and jeering! I wondered how it would sound like with 100,000 people booing.. hmmm
If you saw me the last 10 minutes of the game, you'd think I was a big football fan. The game got real exciting with many more shots on goals, spectacular saves by the goalies.
Finally the home team scored, TWICE!
The crowd went crazy!!!
This was definitely a great experience and something different on our trip.
Oh, and yes, the crowd also went crazy on the metro! On the way home, the metro was packed to the point where I had to get off and take a taxi. It was grossly humid, and all the young people were drunk and falling all over the place, spilling the drinks you had in the hands, just not a good place to be if you're sober.
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