a few days later, the boys had a game in larnaca against a team called aek ("ike"). stasa and i decided that we wanted to make the trip down to watch the game, but that before we went, we wanted to go downtown and do a little bit of shopping.
ben and i had to go to the bank, so stasa and i arranged to meet at noon at the starbucks downtown and then head from there. ben dropped me off, and stasa was already waiting, ready to go. we spent a couple hours wandering around the shops and ended up with a couple of cute finds each. when it was about time for the guys to go to the gym for the bus, we grabbed a taxi to head back to stasa and cico's apartment, and then went to the gym with cico.
finally, the guys were boarded on the bus, we had the car turned around and ready to follow them, and we were ready to go! the trip down was interesting, following behind a massive red bus that was weaving in and out of traffic and around the roundabouts like a crazy person, but we made it down there safe and sound.
stasa parked the car, and we were off to find our way into the gym (which is way bigger and much nicer than ours, by the way). we get in and find seats, and are ready to go. the boys start warming up, and a police officer comes over the the two of us. he asked if we were here supporting apoel, which obviously we were, and told us that it would be safer for us to move to the other side of the gym. i couldn't help but think that this was going to be an interesting night...
anyway, he walks us down a set of stairs, through a few back hallways, and stasa and i are kind of looking at each other like, umm is this the part where he kills us? we go through a set of double doors, and we are on the court! he leads us across the court - literally - and then through more doors, up more stairs, and into the seating area opposite where we were before. we were two of like ten people sitting on that side, and there were gates separating us from the other side. fans must be pretty crazy, eh?
now can i just say, this gym, nice as it may be, is absoluuuutely freezing. freezing! we were sitting for a few minutes before we realized it, but then our fingers and toes started to go numb. because it was a nice day out, i was dressed completely inappropriately for the temperature, in a mid-thigh dress and a cardigan, and i pretty much wanted to kill myself. at halftime, we went outside so stasa could have a cigarette, and it was literally warmer out there than it was in the gym. i wish i was kidding. we would up going to the car to get her huge winter coat to use as a blanket, and for the second half of the game, we did just that.
the end of the game was a nail biter. we had a pretty big lead throughout most of the first half, but apoel has been pretty notorious for messing it up towards the end of the game. low and behold, they did it again. the last minute or so was back and forth points where apoel and aek shifted a point here and there for who was in the lead. stasa and i were going absolutely mental watching and trying to figure out what the outcome was going to be.
luckily, we won!
we headed back to nicosia, again following the bus, and the committee ended up giving everyone money to go enjoy a meal or drinks or something to celebrate. we headed to bennigans, a nice irish restaurant kind of like an applebee's type place, and spent a few hours relaxing and enjoying the night!
i'm really starting to get used to this lifestyle! a girl definitely can't complain.... ;)
xox k
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