World Cup

June 30, 2010
We went to see the Eiffel Tower last night....Fabulous. We took the underground Metro to get there. The World Cup soccer game had just finished and EVERYONE here are fans. The game finished while we were underground and as we were getting off the subway riot police and dogs were EVERYWHERE getting ready to control the crowds. A group of boys/men were chanting "Spainya, Spainya" (Spain won) and shaking the subway as they got on. People in Portugal shirts were crying....holy cow it was exciting and SCARY. I am amazed at how committed these people are to soccer. As we were exiting the subway huge crowds of people were pushed up against the bars of the subway because the riot police were monitoring how many people could get on the subway at a time. crazy. They had this huge screen outside the grounds of the Eiffel Tower where thousands of people gathered to watch the World Cup....so when it was over there were people chanting and taunting Portugal fans who lost.

The Eiffel Tower is breathtaking at night. They have it "backlit" all night but 10 minutes of every hour at night these incredible twinkling lights illuminate the edifice. Magnificent to behold.

We were all hungry so we stopped and ordered omlets and the boys just had to try the escargot. It is not the escargot but the pastries that call me from every window...hope I make it home in the same clothes I came in...don't know if I will fit.