“Escuchaste las vuvuzelas?” -Coca, “No me gustan las bruselas!” -Julieta
“Did you hear the vuvuzelas?” -Coca, my Chilean mom, “I don’t like brussel sprouts!” -Julieta, my almost-3-year-old sister
Today is Chilean’s third game in the World Cup, against Spain. Shockingly, they’ve won their first two games against Honduras and Switzerland. According to Dante (Chilean host father), before this year, Chile had never won a single World Cup game. So, it’s a pretty big deal. The streets are filled with people wearing red shirts, ridiculous Chilean-flagged hats and facepaint. Cars are honking everywhere they go and a lot, A LOT of Chilean merchandise is being sold in the streets. You can’t enter a bar without hearing the cheer, “CHI CHI CH, LE LE LE. VIVA CHILE!”
I’m watching the game with my family at home, we’re having a barbecue and listening to people yelling in the streets from blocks away.
that’s so much fun, get a vuvuzela! what a great time to be there!!!
and next game – chile v. brazil!