Fiorentina played Sampdoria today in Florence. This was the final game of the season, and we got to go. The whole ordeal was pretty crazy. The buses to the stadium were packed. I'm talking no standing room left, at all. On our bus, there was a LOUD drunk man singing nonsense songs and saying that he was related to Savonarola. It was pretty humorous and annoying. We got to the stadium and wondered around for a while trying to find our seats. Each usher had a different idea of where our seats where located. We finally found our seats just as the teams came out. Traci had taught us some of the fight song, so we sang along when we could. The stadium is divided into several different sections to minimize contact between groups of fans. The visiting teams are seated in a cage-like area surround by huge walls and barbed wire. There were tons of guards around the field and some police with riot gear. Luckily, there was no riot. Fiorentina won the game, so that helped the situation I guess. European soccer is definitely taken seriously by many people. This was a really fun day.
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