FUTBOL.

actually in italy it's called calcio. but i prefer futbol. so fun though. first we had a richmond university game against a school called capa. i was told this would be a. all girls and b. an impromptu pickup game. i mean i played soccer for a good 7 years. it's been a while but it would be fun. turns out it was a. all boys on the opposing team and a few bold girls on our team b. in a stadium and most of our school came to watch. pressure. i wasn't geekin too hard but definitely a little nervous about what the heck i signed up for. i warned some of the guys that i wasn't good and they shouldn't expect too much from me. they in turn decided i wasn't allowed to leave until i scored. great. so we got there and shot around a bit and pretended like we were a real team who practiced/at least knew each others' names (like the other team). we started playing and my oh my i forgot how much i love soccer. i am by no means good- quite rusty actually. but it was so fun! and our team actually worked really well together. and wouldn't you believe it i did score! it was kind of a fluke and i was totally set up but i put it in! the stands went wild it was so fun. we ended up winning 2-1 after some far more impressive goals from taylor and chris. we had an awesome team and even better fans so it was actually a blast!

our lovely roooooms came to cheer us on!

representin the ladies

sunday we went to an actual fiorentina milan soccer game. got there and wouldn't you know it our school got us 3rd row seats. and this was a seriously big game. italian soccer fans are bloody nuts. it was awesome. we went with some boys from our program who bet us that milan would win. well they're number one but we stuck with our home team. and we lost so now we have to make the boys dinner. but the game was a perfectly italian cultural experience. they love their soccer. even though florence isn't that good. it was quite an event.

the girls at the game