Saturday, January 14, 2017

Europe 2014 - Lucerne Viewing Stations (World Cup)

Soon after arriving in Lucerne we started to see places like this pop up - temporary venues for outdoor viewing of the World Cup championship, currently in semifinals.

Folks in Europe are crazy - absolute bonkers - for soccer, and the approach of the 2014 World Cup finals had the place buzzing.  We never followed the sport, but felt the excitement in the very air.  Allison and I saw a movie the night that Switzerland's team won a key game.  We emerged from the theater at about 11 pm to walk back to the hotel, straight into celebration that included shouting, horns, streamers, confetti, and people hanging out of cars waving bottles of champagne as they sped past.  Allison remembers that walk as one of the highlights of the trip.

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