Last Monday Marcos and I met for our
second conversation. It's been really nice out, so we decided to head
out to Lake Ella. Marcos doesn't have a car so I picked him up from
CIES. On the way there we discussed our favorite music and bands.
Marcos really likes old-school American rock, stuff like Foo
Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, and AC/DC. He mentioned that Aerosmith
is planning a big tour in Venezuela. I didn't know those guys were
still ambulatory, much less touring. But I guess they're big in South
America.
When we got to Lake Ella, we both
decided we were a bit tired so we stopped in at the Black Dog
coffeeshop. We sat outside and talked for a long time about soccer,
which it turns out we're both big fans of. Actually we spent most of
our hour together talking about soccer – not so much about
professional play as like the mechanics of the sport and why we enjoy
it so much. We also talked a bit about cultural differences in the
way the sport is played/viewed. In Venezuela, soccer is very popular
as just a casual past-time for people of all ages. It is much less
formal and spectator-oriented than most American sports. As Marcos put it
“you just grab cones, a ball, and go.”
I enjoyed my talk with Marcos, and
we're planning a soccer game for this next weekend.
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