Fooootball

So yesterday Claudio, one of the other exchange students, asked if I wanted to go to the football (soccer, futball, call it what you will) match today. I had no idea there even was a match but sure enough Ecuador was playing Bolivia. So I said that I really wanted to go and that we should get our parents to talk. 

This morning I called Claudio's house but no one picked up so I thought the plan was going to fall through. I was really disappointed and then my brother Fernando just all of a sudden asked if I wanted to go. So he drove Ismael and I to the stadium but I guess he didn't want to go so he just dropped us off. 

The street was a river of yellow jerseys flowing into the stadium. More prime people-watching, but again, no time to waste. We walked around for a little while looking for tickets at a reasonable price, we got 2 for $30 which I thought was pretty good for an afternoons entertainment. 

The game was really fun to watch, the crowd got so into it. Every possible scenario that unfolded on the field had a corresponding cheer, chant, gesture or curse. Ecuador won 3-1 so spirits we high by the end. 

We left tired and soggy from beer thrown by over excited fans, but happy. 

Hunger had the better of us and we decided to go and get pizza. Ismael said he knew a really good pizzeria that was cheap and we could walk to. We got there after about 25 minutes of swift walking through side streets and parks, I wish i had know it was that far, taxis are so cheap here it probably would have cost about $1.40. Anyway, we got there and had a good feed. Food is another thing that is dirt cheap here. A huge slice of pizza and a coke was 75 cents. What a deal! 

I think I am going to church tomorrow. That should be interesting. We will see how it goes.