Today I had one of the best experiences on the trip so far, my first real European futbol game. I've been to a small minor league team game in Austria but Valencia actually has a pretty quality team which was really fun to see. They went up by two goals early in the first half and didn't score again but the atmosphere was still entertaining. I've always imagined the stadium to be electrically insane (Georgia Tech kids, calm down I'm talking intensity) but because the team we were playing wasn't that great, it wasn't considered a huge rivalry. The chants that everyone sang was still really fun to hear though. The stadium is a 30-40 minute walk, almost identical to Sanford stadium back in Athens. There aren't any hills in the city which makes walking convenient. The game started at 6 tonight and was over before 8. It's amazing how they can play an entire game before American's can get to half time in their own football game. Fortunately for us, we did find one place that has the Superbowl televised, on a different note. How bout them Saints? I got to meet Drew Brees when I was really young and he was fresh into Purdue so I've been a fan since. Pictures from Today: - Sean
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