Tuesday, March 17, 2009

This is a picture of FC Barcelona’s stadium. I really hate to admit that I came here, because I’m a Real Madrid fan for life, but it was very cool to visit. The FC Barcelona was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English, and Spanish men, lead by Joan Gamper. While they have a better record than Real Madrid this season, they are only the second most successful team of La Liga, under Real Madrid (yay!!!). They have won 18 La Liga titles, 24 Spanish Cups, seven Spanish Super Cups and two League Cups. This stadium is actually the largest stadium in Europe, seating just fewer than 100,000 people. FC Barcelona and Real Madrid compete in what is known as El Clásico, which is a match between the two teams, which is played every year and watched by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Fans of FC Barcelona are known as “culers”, or in Spanish, “culés”. To be able to see both of the stadiums of the two most beloved fútbol teams in Spain was really exciting. I have noticed (because it isn’t hard to miss) that fútbol is a large part of Spanish culture and to be able to attend a game at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu and see Camp Nou is extremely fortunate. 

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