Monday, December 27, 2010

Rugby

Ben scored some free Ireland rugby tickets against Argentina! We got to go to the new Lansdowne Road Stadium that had been under construction nearly the entire time we lived here. It has been unusally cold here, and it freakishly snowed in November several inches, so when put on all the layers we had and slipped and slided our way through the 40 minute walk to the stadium. We got there just at kick-off and had FRONT ROW tickets nearly at the half line. We were 10 feet (3 meters) from them. It was great. I could hear the grunts commign from the scrum and some of the harder tackles. It was not one of the better games, as I think Argentina did not know how to play in the snow, and we crushed them 29-9! It was a great game in the snow and was a nice romantic walk. Seeing the new stadium was something I really wanted to do, but it was even better that it was free!

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