adventures of a cultural enthusiast: Fifa Fan Fest

"To fully understand a culture, one must be immersed in it"

This blog is about a girl who lived her whole life in America and though she has visited other countries before, she has never lived amongst people with differing customs than her own. This lack of personal knowledge annoyed the girl and she decided to embark on a twenty-two week long journey to Europe, where for seventeen weeks she will be living amongst the Dutch in Amsterdam adapting to their cultural ways. This blog serves as her journal whilst away capturing every moment of shock and growth.

Monday, June 28, 2010

Fifa Fan Fest

Towards the end of Copacabana there is a huge tent that the city of Rio de Janiero built for the community to celebrate the games of the World Cup. The tent is called Fifa Fan Fest and there are only 5 others in the world (Mexico City, Paris, Berlin, Rome, and Sydney). However the one in Rio is the largest of the six and the one with the best torcida, that’s my personal opinion and I believe the five stars above our jersey proves my point. There we saw the end of the Germany vs. Australia game along with a lot of good-looking Germans. By the way, I have never seen so many good looking men in one place before, I can’t wait until I go to Germany this Fall!