Last night was the first game for Holland in the EK. They played against Italy. Holland hasn't beat Italy in over 30 years, and Italy is the reigning world champion. No one expected it, but we basically blew them out of the water---winning 3-0. It was a fun game to watch. M and I watched the game at home, and every time they scored a goal, you could hear the entire neighborhood cheering and screaming and shouting!!! It was so cool! Bull horns blasting, car horns honking..it was like everyone in the city was glued to their tv watching the game. Not only that, but over 40,000 Dutchies made the trip to Bern, Switzerland to just be there for the game, not in the stadium, but in the city cheering them on (reminds me a tiny bit of OU/Texas games in Dallas every year....but this is such a bigger scale than that!). The whole city is orange. Bern is orange. The fans in the stadium were orange.
Here are some pictures of what its like here. The first is in Bern. The other two are here in Amsterdam- right outside my office. They decorated the 'Nightwatch' statues on Rembrandtplein with orange shirts. Had to take a picture of that one!
Hopefully we can catch some more games in WI...we'll have to go to a bar to watch them at 1.45 pm in the afternoon, since we don't have cable at my parents' house. But what a fun time to be in Holland, for the Euro Championships. It is truly an amazing experience and feeling to be here during a game...and see how orange crazy Holland gets! This is the best time to be here...guess I scheduled my wedding at the wrong time of year! jk
So, tomorrow its back to the USA for one month. When I return I will be a married woman!
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HUP CHRISTY, HUP!
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