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« World Cup | Main | What is he shopping for? » June 12, 2006Italy-Ghana, 10:00 p.m.When my boyfriend told me that everyone is glued to the TV when Italy plays a game in the World Cup, I didn’t know that he literally meant everyone. It’s 10:00 p.m. here in Rome – and half-time of the Italy-Ghana soccer game. As it stands at the moment, Italy has scored one goal to zero. When the game began at 9 , I had just gotten out of dance class near the city center. I noticed that the streets were particularly empty for such a beautiful evening. The few bars that I passed were packed and quiet, the only noise coming from the television. The flickering light of television sets sputtered from behind closed shutters. Even the street-vendors that usually beckon pedestrians to look at their merchandise had their backs turned to the potential customers and were fixated on the small black and white screens of portable televisions. I rode a nearly vacant bus up the hill to my neighborhood. Once again, the streets were empty. The sound of my footsteps seemed loud against the dead air. As I approached my house, the was a sudden outburst of sound. Shouts and cheers poured from the windows and echoed through the bare streets. In the distance, car horns honked (the drivers had obviously been tuned into the game on the radio). All around me there was noise coming from hidden sources – and after 15 seconds, it was quiet again. I chuckled to myself as I entered my building. With no television or radio or any source of media, I had experienced my first Italian World Cup goal. Posted by Kelsea CommentsYep, it's certainly something of an obsession huh? I live in Scotland, and here it's all controversy because the Scottish don't want to support England (ooh, the rivalry), and are in fact actively supporting any other country who's playing them, so it's causing lots of ructions! Don't you just love the maturity? Posted by: Anna at June 13, 2006 6:08 AM Hey nice blog...I totally love this entry about how we love soccer!my city was empty too...I live in Reggio Calabria,in southern of Italy.Iam Giuliana and iam 21...have fun in Rome! Posted by: giuly at June 13, 2006 6:35 AM Too bad football isn't that much of a craze here where I live. I could only get my news and updates online. I wish I would be able to visit Rome too someday and watch a game. :) Is there any hotel you could recommend from this list of Rome accommodation at this site? Posted by: Elaine at July 4, 2006 11:42 PM |
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Yep, it's certainly something of an obsession huh? I live in Scotland, and here it's all controversy because the Scottish don't want to support England (ooh, the rivalry), and are in fact actively supporting any other country who's playing them, so it's causing lots of ructions! Don't you just love the maturity?
Posted by: Anna | June 13, 2006 6:08 AM
Hey nice blog...I totally love this entry about how we love soccer!my city was empty too...I live in Reggio Calabria,in southern of Italy.Iam Giuliana and iam 21...have fun in Rome!
Posted by: giuly | June 13, 2006 6:35 AM
Too bad football isn't that much of a craze here where I live. I could only get my news and updates online. I wish I would be able to visit Rome too someday and watch a game. :) Is there any hotel you could recommend from this list of Rome accommodation at this site?
Posted by: Elaine | July 4, 2006 11:42 PM