Ryan's favorite England team is Manchester United. We had the choice to fly into Manchester and stay there for a few days, or to go to London. After weighing pros and cons of each city, Ryan chose London. Getting tickets to the England National game was a win win as we were able to see some of the ManU players play in London.
We arrived back to the hotel from the temple and had a short window of time to change clothes, eat, and be back on the Tube to make it to our game on time. I feel bad as I had not read the tickets and doors opened at 6:30pm. We were barely there in time for Brett, Ryan and Sydney to see kickoff. I just missed it. There were 83,000 people in the stadium. The sound and the ambiance of the night caused the hair on our arms to stand straight up. We had a great time. Everyone was so friendly, and England won the game 3-0.
Before the game began, the crowd made the England flag with pieces of cardboard that were underneath the seats. We missed that part of the festivities, but we were able to use those flag pieces to make noise throughout the game. Some people made airplanes out of them and flew them on to the field. The stadium would be silent and then all of a sudden the crowd would go wild. The first few times I couldn't figure out what they were cheering for. Nothing was going on in the game that would merit such a cheer, but I soon learned that it was likely that an airplane was about to hit the field. The highlight of the night was when one of the airplanes hit a Peruvian player smack in the neck. Not only did the crowd go wild with cheers, but with laughter too. It was quite comical.
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