Sunday, November 29, 2015

Northern Immersion - AEK Forever!

Last night was terrible.  We are in the little apartment on the ground floor, so we can have some privacy.  However, we are also right next to where the dogs sleep…or don’t sleep I should say.  Apparently, those monsters sleep all day long, so they can wake up when it gets dark and torture unsuspecting family from the United States.  They were up every two hours barking, dragging rocks around the patio, and playing tug-of-war with a stick.  At one point, I heard another dog barking in the distance and then Rea was answering with her own bark.  I got up for the umpteenth time, opened the door, and told her to cut it out with the long-distance phone calls.  Needless to say, we slept in because we were exhausted.

Today, Georgios took me to my first footie match.  We went to see AEK in action at the Olympic Stadium from the Olympic Games in 2004.  We decided to sit with the hooligans, so I could experience the full energy of the game.  It was really exciting.  They had a yell leader that was directing the chats and songs throughout the game.  We were the only section singing and shouting.  Every time AEK scored, they would throw stuff in the air and light road flares.  On top of that, AEK won 2-0.

Georgios told me that I was part of the brotherhood now, and there was no going back.  He said the saying goes, “You can change your job, you can change your house, you can change your spouse…but you can never change your team.”  He solidify the occasion, he bought me an AEK scarf as a souvenir.


The rest of the evening was just eating and watching TV with babas mou.

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