so today we took finals! it seems like forever ago. at 9 am we had our history final that lasted two hours. then we had a two hour break and had our english final from 1-3. i studied so hard, probably harder than i have in provo! these finals were beasts though. so i'm hoping i did okay.
and then today got interesting! after finals i started packing, writing my last postcards, and getting ready to go to the womens soccer gold medal match. yeah that's right, i went to THE game and watched the american girls take gold!!!!!!!!
it was AMAZING. i have to say though, this was the first time i experienced the wrath of the olympic crowds. oh my goodness. not pleasant. but this game was literally perfect. it was at Wembley Stadium, which is where all the international games are played in London. it's kind of a big deal. it's a huge stadium, and sadly it wasn't full. i'm sure if all the seats were available it would've sold out. but regardless the crowd tonight set a record for the most attended womens olympic event ever!! there were like 80,000 of us!!
surprisingly there were a ton of japanese fans. also, all the people that had tickets but weren't from japan or the US tended to cheer for japan. we talked to some british people and asked them why... i have decided it's kind of like how everyone hates the lakers. they win every time, so you can't help but hate them! so that's how everyone feels here too. they are sick of us winning. hahah. oh well suckers!
we sat super high up! we were probably the tenth row from the top. i actually like it though! then you can see everything going on. we weren't really by any american fans and i could tell we were really annoying the british family in front of us because we were so loud but i could've cared less! my throat hurts i was yelling so much! after we scored the first goal (amazing, amazing head by carly lloyd) i literally screamed. like a scream you hear on a rollercoaster. it was just the best. i belted the national anthem and i think i sounded like a dying cow. it was just the best thing ever. i loved that we played japan. rematch for the world cup loss last year! revenge is so sweet! the game was seriously just perfect. it was obvious that we were the better team but japan still made it interesting. hope solo had an amazing game. there were no bad fouls... it was just amazing.
i'm sorry this is such a badly organized post but it's like 2 am so i'm just saying whatever comes to mind. i went with two people from my group, michael and lauren. i got these olympic tickets from a site that i later found out was illegal, so i was really scared the tickets were fake. i compared them to my track tickets for tomorrow, which i know are real, and nothing was different. so i figured we would just have to go to the stadium and find out! i have to say when the little green light went on when i scanned the ticket i think the heavens opened up. i was ecstatic. after we got in we climbed up and up and up... then into the stadium. walking through the gate and seeing the field for the first time really took my breath away. i took lots of videos but guess what guys.. all my pictures on my camera from tonight got deleted. it was the first time i took my camera instead of just my iphone and i dont know what happened. i am way bummed cause i had some great pictures!!!! ughhh.
the tube was INSANE!
we have to get patted down so you get divided by gender
hope solo doing her victory lap!
canada, US, japan in the medal ceremony. called the 'victory ceremony'
wembley from afar
you can't really tell, but yes those are mounted policeman (on horse) holding back the crowd from entering the tube station
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