August 23, 2008
Olympic Fun
written by Spencer Alexander on August 23, 2008 at 06:46PM in Random
I had a great time watching the Olympics this year! It was a bit more difficult than I expected to watch them here in Argentina, but I ended up finding a few reliable sources for my Olympic fix.My main supplier of my Olympic fix was a Irish Pub a few blocks down the street from my house. They had 15 or 20 TVs, and on any given night at least half of them were set to the Olympics 1. It was a cool environment, and it makes a nice memory; whenever I think of the 2008 summer Olympics, I will also think of sitting with Isuar in the Irish Pub.
My two favorite olympic experiences:
1) I was sitting in the Irish pub, minding my own business, and who comes on the TV? Funmi Jimoh! Fumni (pictured above) was a class mate of mine at Rice, and we also ran together on the same track team for two years. They showed Fumni’s first jump all around the world, and I was lucky enough to be watching! Fumni went on to the finals of the long jump (not bad for a first time olympian… to say the least!) and finished at 12th place! Congrats Funmi!
2) Last night, the frenchies (my roommates here in Mendoza), Nicole, and I all went out to watch the 1am futbol finals. We wandered by the Irish Pub (which was packed full), and then moved on to a large bar with a very large TV. By the time the game started (we arrived quite early to ensure good seating), the bar was packed full of excited Argentines, and when Argentina scored the only goal of the 90 minute game… the crowd went wild. It was cool to be a part of the Argentina fútbol scene; it reminded me of watching the Tri Nations rugby games in New Zealand, or the Houston Rocket’s Clutch Championship as a young kid. Ahhh, good memories.
I hope all of your Olympic experiences were just as great! See ya in four years, Olympics!
1 strangly, one of them was set to a camera directly next to the TV… apparently there was a large demand for self-watching
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