Soccer Game Craze

Like I said, we were disappointed that we didn't get to go to a soccer game while visiting  Madrid.  But we were pretty lucky to be in town for the European Union Super Cup, in which Atletico Madrid was playing against Chelsea at Monaco.

Every other person walking around had an Atletico Madrid shirt, and the energy of the city was high, full of anticipation before the game.  

And when the game started?  Silence.  But after an Atletico Madrid gol, uncontrollable screams erupted from everywhere...

And then the chants came and went as the game unrolled... 

Because of our jet lag, we couldn't stay past 10 pm to celebrate with the locals...we tried...but in the end our bodies just gave in.

At 6 am though I had a rough awakening from none other than Rossy, warning me that there was something very dangerous happening in our back yard.  Forgetting I was in Madrid in a hotel I also panicked but soon enough we realized that it was just the locals still partying.  A sign that the Atletico Madrid had won, and that we had missed an awesome celebration.  Bummer.

That morning, on our walk to the metro station we saw a guy standing in the middle of the road playing chicken with the cars, and on the metro ride to the train station a girl wrestled her boyfriend on the floor -for the whole entire ride- with her dress up to her belly button, flashing her electric blue panties to all of the passengers.

Next time, I want to hang out with the brave guy and that panty showing girl.  Sounds fun.