Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Chris, I have had the same experience when I moved to Belgium in 1995. While I was living in the US, I did watch a lot of NFL and college football, and I went to many Gators games. But once in Belgium, I kind of lost touch with American football, and discovered rugby, both on English TV and live, since the local British, Irish and Down Under expats had an amateur league and played next to the field where my then 8-9 year old son played soccer. Rugby is for real men (and women, they had a women's league too!), American football is for sissies. When it comes to cricket, however, I must say that the American version of the "ball hit with a stick" game is far superior. I do like baseball, and while I realize that the NFL is more popular these days, no other sport has inspired so much good literature and other art. Baseball also has so many wonderful characters. BBC had an interview with Tommy Lasorda last weekend, I enjoyed it thoroughly. In the fall if 1994, when I knew that I would be moving to Belgium the following spring, I did perform the great American fatherhood ritual and took my then 5-year old son to his first baseball game, a playoff game between the Phillies and the Braves in Philadelphia. It was great, and much to my surprise he stayed awake through all 9 innings ;-) Nathan Christopher Williams wrote: > OT but, when we were in Ireland shooting with Leicas(!) the Super Bowl came > on at 11:30pm. I already watched 2 Six Nation Rugby games earlier that day. > Plus soccer was on the day before. Ireland won both rugby and soccer games. > American football has nothing on these sports. They are faster and more > exciting. Plus the rugby guys are fecking huge! We have multi-million > dollar > NFL players who complain about everything. > > Couldn't stop watching the local games, turned off the Super Bowl 1hr into > it. Way too many stops in play. > > Of course I was completely drunk by then..... > > Chris > New Orleans > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com