So this past Tuesday was the huge National Soccer Match in Israel: Jerusalem vs. Tel Aviv. (It's called the State Cup - because in Hebrew the word for "State" and "Nation" is the same). Anyways, Jerusalem won - and the match was over at around midnight. But the stadium they played at was in Tel Aviv. So it took the Jerusalem fans an hour to get out of the parking lot (very very crowded), and then an hour to drive home. Soooo... at TWO in the morning hundreds of cars from the soccer game came flooding into Jerusalem on my little quite street - and you can check out the video to see what happened...
To understand how unusual this is, take a look at this video which shows what the street is like on a normal night at 2 in the morning...
Interestingly, They were partying and dancing with even more enthusiasm than at 2 am the previous week for Independence Day. Soccer gets some Israelis more excited than celebrating their countries 60th birthday!
1 comment:
Yoshi, Just glanced through your blog. I didn't remember that you had one! Found it through LinkedIn. Anyway, I'm beginning to understand why you want to live in Israel. 100 sushi restaurants, drums in the streets, playing your violin in the street, passion for life. I hope your June is going well.
Sondra
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