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Monday, October 29, 2007

NFL

Today we went to an NFL game, the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills were playing. The game was awful, horrible. Pictures are good though.

The best part has been to observe first-hand an interesting aspect of American culture: tailgating. Tailgating consists in going to the stadium like six hours early, open the car trunk, and get out all sort of picnic material as if you were in the middle of the country, instead of a football stadium. People have everything: barbecues, tables and chairs, tents, even TVs with satellite dishes (to watch other games and the pregame shows of their game). Supporting groups with buses full of stuff, food, booze... Inflatable dolls, flags, power generators, you name it. It's a great spectacle to walk around the parking lot of a stadium the morning before the game. Here are some pictures so you can see for yourselves.