Buenos Aires-day 20

The one thing that Argentinians love is soccer. To experience this passion to the fullest I walked over to the La Boca neighborhood where their most famous team plays. This neighborhood was the city´s first port and has colored buildings started by the first Italian immigrants.

Pictures from the Boca Juniors Stadium Tour- Boca has a very devout following-there were close to 100 people on the tour alone. So many people the tour guided needed a megaphone.

Interesting fact- Coca Cola had to change their advertising to black and white because Boca didnt want their arch rivals, River Plate, colors in the stadium.

Then tonight I saw a match between 2 teams in the city. It was an amazing experience! Both sides were chanting the whole game with so much energy. The chants were actually very musical putting many American chants to shame. The most impressive part... all this was done sober since alcohol is not served in the stadium.

Security meausres (a selected few)

1. 20 foot fences- in picture

2. Barbed wire -in picture

3. Police

4. Riot Police

5. and 30 minutes after the game to let the visitors leave the grounds

¿is this a prison?