Wednesday night rocked! Seriously.
Some of us watched the big Honduras vs. Mexico game at Julio's house (the computer teacher). To be honest, I almost fell asleep on the couch--sorry, I find soccer kinda boring. Honduras won 1--0. The city exploded!
Julio walked us home, but he wanted to go down the boulevard on the way back. There, an impromptu parade had started. People rode in trucks up and down the 5 blocks from the school to our street, shouting, cheering, screaming, hugging random people on the street.Crowds lined the street, cheering. Groups of teenage guys ran from truck to truck, shaking them. Everyone wore blue and white (Honduras' flag colors). We wore our newly-purchased soccer jerseys and joined the crowd.
My throat is sore from screaming 'Hon-dur-as! Hon-dur-as!' or singing 'Ole! Ole-Ole-Ole!' all night. Not only did we join the crowd, but we hopped in a minivan belonging to a mom of one of our students and joined the parade! We rode the boulevard twice, a pack of gringas sporting Honduras pride.
On Thursday my 4th grade boys asked me after class, 'Miss, when Honduras plays the USA, who you cheer for?'
'Both!' I said--'Hon-dur-as! U-S-A!'
Some of us watched the big Honduras vs. Mexico game at Julio's house (the computer teacher). To be honest, I almost fell asleep on the couch--sorry, I find soccer kinda boring. Honduras won 1--0. The city exploded!
Julio walked us home, but he wanted to go down the boulevard on the way back. There, an impromptu parade had started. People rode in trucks up and down the 5 blocks from the school to our street, shouting, cheering, screaming, hugging random people on the street.Crowds lined the street, cheering. Groups of teenage guys ran from truck to truck, shaking them. Everyone wore blue and white (Honduras' flag colors). We wore our newly-purchased soccer jerseys and joined the crowd.
My throat is sore from screaming 'Hon-dur-as! Hon-dur-as!' or singing 'Ole! Ole-Ole-Ole!' all night. Not only did we join the crowd, but we hopped in a minivan belonging to a mom of one of our students and joined the parade! We rode the boulevard twice, a pack of gringas sporting Honduras pride.
On Thursday my 4th grade boys asked me after class, 'Miss, when Honduras plays the USA, who you cheer for?'
'Both!' I said--'Hon-dur-as! U-S-A!'
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