the inside of the stadium

My first Barça soccer game!

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February 4th 2008
Last Thursday I went to my first soccer game, which here they call "futbol." Soccer to Spain is like football to the U.S. It is the biggest sport here, and everyone is into it. The stadium is bigger than any stadium I have ever seen! It holds almost 100,000 people. The game we went to was against Villareal, I have no idea where that is, haha, but they are not even a big rival of Barcelona and the ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more