Tuesday Sept. 7th was a big day!
First thing on the agenda for that day was my Peace Corps Interview at 2pm. I got some rest and ate a late breakfast while I prepped some for the interview. As some of you may know, this was my second attempt at an interview. The first scheduled interview didn't end up happening because I couldn't hear my recruiter over the land line I was using. So this time my recruiter called me on my cell phone. I think the interview went well, it only lasted about an hour but I think as far as phone interviews go it was sufficient. I have to say I was pretty worried ahead of time because I had yet another head cold and I was worried I was going to be snotting all over my phone while trying to talk. It ended up being just find and I didn't even really have the sniffles during the whole thing. I should find out if I will be nominated in the next week to 3 weeks. A nomination basically means they accept my application and they will give me a general location and project I could be assigned to. That however, is subject to change due to a number of things. Obviously as soon as I find out I'll be letting people know!
Right after my interview I headed to the Argentina vs Spain Futbol match. This was just a friendly game, but how friendly can it be when Argentina was a World Cup hopeful and Spain ended up the champions? I took the bus to the stadium and waited around outside to try and meet up with some friends. I couldn't ever find them so I went ahead and made my way into the stadium. After my ticket was checked and I went up the first flight of stairs I found a giant crowd of people trying to get to the seats. OK but when I say crowd I mean more like a moshpit, these Argentines were pushing their way through no matter if there was a mother with an infant and a young kid. It was insane eventually I gave up being apart of the crowd and saw a small passage way between the stadium walls and the stair case that some people were squeezing through to get out of the crowd. I followed and was amazed because there wasn't a crowed on the other side. I took a little time to try and look around the crowed to find my friends but I wasn't even sure what specific section they were suppose to be in so I found a spot on the railing and stood by some Argentines to watch the game. The game was a ton of fun but it was actually hard to cheer because even the "oooos" and "ahhhs" mean something different here. The chants and songs were fun to hear and try to be apart of though! Oh and Argentina whooped Spain's butt 4-1!
Some random observations from the game:
-To get a medic you have to get an entire section to chant "MEDICO! MEDICO!"
-There's not much high-fiving after your team scores
-There's no half-time entertainment...really....nothing happened.
It was tons of fun, but everyone here has told us that the national team games are nothing compared to the local cub team games, Boca & River Plate. I can't imagine!
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