So, for all you Americans who aren't aware, the World Cup for Futbol (futbol=soccer), is going on right now in South Africa. Apparently, the world cup only happens every 4 years, kind of like the Olympics! I think there are 32 teams (and therefore countries) competing, and will last about a month. I have learned a lot about futbol in just about a week since it started! First, the game is 90 minutes long, with a 15-minute half time at 45 minutes. Other than for halftime, the clock doesn't ever stop, and there are no commercials - so different than a football game! So the game is actually only less than 2 hours long. And the interesting thing is that they don't play until someone wins - quite often there is a tie, 1-1/2-2, or even 0-0. Argentina played last Saturday, and won, 1-0 against Nigeria, and played again on Thursday and won 4-1 against Korea! So we are doing well. And the US is doing reasonably well too!
But in general, people are really excited about the games, and even so much as not going to work and shutting down businesses, and everything is decorated in white and celeste (light blue), which is kind of nice to see all that country pride!
Gooooooooooool!
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Hey Kelso! I got your facebook message and decided to write you back here after reading your blog! :P The food sounds sooo yummy there. Oh man. Glad things are going well!! I'm writing from work where I'm waiting for a tissue culture hood! :) That would be so much fun to watch the world cup from Argentina. I hope they continue to do well!! Here at Hillman it's really funny cause apparently the internet and server were having major issues at certain parts of the day. So they had the techs investigate it and realized that everyone was watching the world cup on their computers! We got yelled at for it. Lol. I swear, since almost everyone is international, there was a communal yell for a while when there was a goal. :) Well I'll start rooting for Argentina to beat Mexico for you!! :) Especially since France is out...:P
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