Ohh what a game…

It is the finals for the Hockey teams in Prague and a few of the guys have been going to the games, so I decided I wanted to go to- after all when am I going to get another chance to see the finals of a European Hockey team. About 10 other people joined in and we all went to the stadium and got tickets, ate dinner, and found our seats. The game was ok, we cheered for the home team, Sparta Prague and they won. The fans are crazy; they are like football fans in the US. The fans all wear jerseys and some paint there faces. At the two ends there is standing section where people cheer like crazy the whole time. The food isn’t over priced like it is in the US; beer is 15 krowns which is less then a dollar and the tickets were only $11.00 = 220 krowns. I just went to a Blues game before leaving St. Louis and the beers where $8.00, but at least the tickets were free.


The ride home was more interesting, and a little scary. We followed the mass of people after the game to the nearest metro station, when the train arrived the crowd pilled in. I held my arm against a pole so that I wouldn’t be pushed into the pole and the other people around me. It was very tight, but no one got hurt. The fans were all cheering and jumping up and down, singing songs and having a great time. When we got to the next station police officers came on the train and cleared out two cabs- one was mine. The 5 of us from the states who were near each other stayed together while the police kept the people from leaving the platform or getting on another train. We asked a few officers if they spoke English, one said no, but that we were ok. They started writing tickets to people who were on the train, we were worried that we would get a ticket too until a young Czech guy translated to the police that we were tourist, and then they let us get on the next train. It all turned out ok, and I could have been on the news, there was a guy with a camera but I don’t have a tv- so I will never know.