After we left EFE we decide to go to Oneill's Irish Pub to watch Spain play Switzerland in the world cup game. It was so exciting to be able to share that experience of Spain playing with the locals. Although they did lose the game, it was great to share a beer with Spanish natives as we all crowd into the downstairs area of the pub. There were a lot of people piling into that bar to watch the game on a huge screen. We were lucky enough to get to Oneill’s to find a seat. To get a beer though, that took a lot longer! Overall the game was incredible because the fans in the pub get so involved in the game and really like to celebrate. Interesting enough, Spain is the first team to lose their first game of the tournament and win the world cup. There is a lot of controversy over Casilla’s and his reporter girlfriend being a distractment for him but in the end it obviously wasn’t a problem.
We headed back to the hotel after the game to freshen up for our big dinner with the whole group. Our two professors took us to this delicious restaurant where we had half a bottle of wine each plus an appetizer, meal, and dessert! It was so delicious! I decided to split a bottle of Champagne with professor Cesar while the rest of the group had red and white wine. For my appetizer I had grilled shrimp and salmon for my entre. It was definitely a seafood night. I got a chance to try the paella because there was so much of it to go around and was yummy. Lemon sorbet was the cherry on top of a great meal. Good thing we walk everywhere because we definitely needed to walk off some of that food when we were all slowly trying to exit the restaurant. I think everyone was borderline delirious after leaving with full stomachs because we were all so happy and couldn’t stop smiling! I love it! It was a great way to end an evening. We all headed back to our home away from home to Hotel Regina and called it a night.
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