Evening at Lansdowne

Written by Megan: Ugh - we keep running into hiccups in keeping the blog updated! Our latest delay has been the loss of one of our memory cards from our digital camera - the one containing hundreds of photos from our trip to Greece!! Since I'm trying to maintain some sort of chronological order, I've been holding off on the post in hopes of finding it. But alas, I should probably just move on - maybe find something off the web to show how beautiful and interesting that place was.

Moving on - last night Nate and I finally snagged a chance to see a football match at Lansdowne Stadium - the field just behind our house! Our timing is impeccable - we chose to watch a match against the Netherlands, one of the better football teams out there. Poor Ireland didn't fare so well, losing 4-zip! Nevertheless, Nate and I agreed we like watching live football better than on TV. It was so much more fun to be in the middle of the crowd. There wasn't as much pomp and fanfare as we're used to seeing at American sporting events - no band, music didn't play except at halftime. But it was still fun to be in the middle of the crowd. We're hoping to catch a rugby match some time soon.

My brother's in town visiting now, but unfortunately wasn't at the match, since he and his friend took the train to Galway (or maybe it was lucky, given the outcome of the match!) We'll have pics of their visit up - after we post all the other trips we've got backlogged!