【英國】那一年，我在英國看了世界盃冠軍賽－il Giardino Romantico

One of the many important goals of this trip to the UK, was to watch the World Cup Final in a pub in England. I got extremely excited when I found out that I was, in fact, going to be in the UK to watch the final. Thus, one the the first things we did on my first day in the UK, was to find a pub to watch the exciting Netherlands v. Spain game.

這次來到英國，其中一項最重要的目的就是在英國當地的pub看世界盃冠軍賽。當我知道冠軍賽可以在英國看的時候，心情無比興奮！沒有什麼比在英國pub球賽還要更刺激了（除了到南非看現場的跟去西班牙看。。。）所以第一天的行程當然就安排要找一間pub來看這重要的比賽囉！

We first walked around Leicester Square to keep an eye open for potential venues. Obviously, the one above was completely out of the question, as it was dominated by Dutch fans. Then, we found one which seemed neutral at first. This was when I realised that I had gotten so used to carrying my Student ID around with me, that I had forgotten I was a downright tourist this time and did not have my passport with me to proof I was well over the age. But we managed to get in, and we also managed to get the best seats in the house!

首先我們繞了一圈Leicester Square，目測有沒有適合的pub。上圖中的pub當然被我們排除掉了。從圖中就可看到大多都是敵對的支持者。後來找到了一間看似中立的pub。此時我卻發現我太習慣用我的國際學生證證明我的年齡，以致這次忘了自己是觀光客，所以把護照帶在身上。好怕他們不讓我進去喔！不過後來有成功進去。而且我們選的位子還是整間pub最讚的位置！

Have a pre-match pint first. 先來一杯再說！

People started swarming in, but like I said, we had the best seat in the house - couch, table, good view and all.
人潮開始湧進，不過我們的位置真的很棒！有沙發，桌子，視野也很不錯！

We started to worry about Dutch dominance...
開始有點擔心太多敵對支持者入場了...

Paddington seemed real excited, too.
伯靈頓熊熊也開始覺得緊張刺激了！

Prepping for kick-off!
差不多要準備開踢了！

Note the screen. 請注意螢幕～

Everyone's ready! 大家都準備好囉！（不用暴肝看球賽的感覺真好啊！！）

Exciting moment when Spain had been declared the new World Cup Champion!
緊張的延長賽結束！新的世界杯冠軍得主出爐－西班牙贏囉！！全場歡呼！！（敵對支持者不知道都跑哪去了～）

Celebration on the streets just outside the pub.
Pub外民眾熱烈喝采與慶祝！

I thought I was in Spain! 我還以為我到了西班牙呢！

Everyone went mad! 大家都好high呀！

More celebration in Piccadilly Circus. 這裡更high唷！你認的出這是Piccadilly Circus嗎？

One only needs to experience this once in a life time.

這種經驗，人生一次就夠了！