Argentina vs. Serbia-Montenegro

This morning at ten, my teacher, Danielle, and I took a break from my studies to watch the Argentina v. Serbia-Montenegro game. We headed over to a local cafe along with Scott and Silvia, the two people who run the language school.

When Argentina scored five minutes into game, it was pretty obvious that this game was going to be no contest. Argentina continued to rattle off five more goals. This experience was much different than watching to Argentina v. Ivory Coast game the week before because I watched that game at an expat bar. The cafe this morning was nearly all Argentinian, which made the game so much more fun. The celebration during a goal is ridiculously fun. Everyone is SO happy. It's almost impossible not to laugh when they score a goal because people are really just incredibly joyous — making sounds that people do not normally make, moving in funny ways, hitting high notes that you would not expect old men to hit. Just so much fun. And you would think that throughout the six goals, the celebration would simmer down a little bit. But no. Every goal seemed to evoke more excitement than the last, even though each subsequent goal was less and less important.

Another highlight of the match was the food. I had a tostada, which is simply a toasted sandwich made of ham and cheese. Delicious. And I washed that down with a Pepsi. And while I enjoyed my meal, I think I should have ordered what Scott and Danielle got — cafe con leche con tres medialunas (croissants). The croissants tasted like heaven. They do this thing here where they sprinkle sugar on the outside of the croissant. Incredible. I don't know why they don't think to do that in the US.