Change of plans

(If you have been reading my posts in order this will make more sense.)

So we returned from the shopping mall today and decided to have drinks in the hotel lobby followed by dinner in the Asian restaurant. Eric was already in the bar; as I walked towards the lounge I stopped to look outside the front door of the hotel. There were all these people out there with cameras just watching the door. I called Eric over to see the crowd and neither of us knew the purpose.

We had seen soccer players in the hotel for the last two days but thought nothing of it. So we sat down for a drink and asked the bartender who the players where. He informed us that they were the Polish national soccer team. All those people were out there waiting to take pictures of the players. I didn't think anything of the guy eating breakfast beside me in his Polska puma shirt. So we find out that they are playing Kazachstan in the semi-finals for the World cup last night, 10 minute walk from our hotel.

We go to dinner not thinking any more about it, return to the bar to have coffee and then head off to bed when we decide maybe we should go to the game. It is only 8:15 and our evening was over, the games starts at 8:30. So we asked the bartender how much the tickets were and by 8:25 we were walking down the street to see the game.