Futbol

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So I feel it is fitting, to share a little bit more about myself through this blog about futbol (soccer).

I began to notice this past week with my Spanish family here that I am feeling more and more comfortable and at ease in the house as the routine becomes more normal and less of a constant battle to understand and do well in my job as an Au Pair here.

I am also beginning to share more of my life with my host family here, which has been really amazing in how that has opened up the communication between us in general.

However, I digress. My point in sharing these updates was also to share one thing I admitted to my host family during our large midday meal together, and that was that my love for sports begins with a tie for first place with tennis and futbol.

From there we began to discuss the upcoming game in Jerez between Jerez and Barcelona. The travesty and reason why I will not be attending the game is because the futbol club of Xerex has jacked up the prices astronomically so that even the season ticket holders have to pay half price, and the cheap bad seats cost a minimum of 75 euros!

Xerex has just entered the first division this season to join the hearty and practiced clubs like Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, and quite a few others, but I have already been told that since it is Xerex's first year in this division they don't have a prayer to win and maintain their status in this division, but back to my story...

Well those terribly priced tickets, for a Xerex game, go on sale tomorrow morning at 10 am, but the father sadly reported to me that to get tickets I would have to get in line around 4 am and then of course pay more than I make in a week!

Apparently its a big and important game, but I have trouble believing that since I spent my evening tonight at a bar watching the highly anticipated match between Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Though it was cold, the t.v. was too small to really see the game, and my toes were wet and cold, I enjoyed myself greatly, sucombing to the futbol fever and discussing my team preferences and everyone looked into each others eyes with a serious expression and asked the essential question of the night, Madrid or Barcelona?

Of course, I have been a hopeless Madrid fan for a few years, as cliche as that may be. So it pains and saddens me to report that Madrid lost to Barcelona 0-1 tonight.

I shall be reporting more on the culture of futbol here in the coming future, as I am just now becoming more involved in its culture here in Spain, and I may even be joining a mixed team of English teachers here to further my immersion in the sport that has always held my heart and soul.