...well, almost. So all day we had seen a TON of FC Barcelona jerseys. Also saw a lot of street vendors selling FC Barcelona shirts and scarves...and some scarves split in half between FC Barcelona team colors and the local football club, Lechia Gdansk. I commented to Jihye that maybe sometime they would have an exhibition match between the two clubs. And then suddenly at about 8pm by the main gate into Old Town, five local guys start shouting team chants and waving scarves and making their way up the main road. We kept walking to get drinks for the night, and sure enough we start seeing the game on TV in windows and locals clamoring to get a look. We were in the local mart when we here shouts and an old man comes bursting out of the stock room yelling. Gdansk had opened the scoring before the 10 minute mark! We raced home to watch the rest of the game, a pretty decent 2-2 tie with Barcelona coming from behind both times. We asked our host which way the stadium was, and no sooner had she said that she wasn't sure, we heard explosions. The fireworks display after the match was happening on TV and just outside of our apartment over the stadium. I guess we know where the stadium is now.
Awesome...what a treat
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