<p>What is wrong in US when crowds riot after wins? Who says European and Australian socceroos are the only rowdy fans??</p>
<p>Dean J, did you see that even the Spanish fans themselves threw BANANAS at one of their players who was black? That’s not loyalty.</p>
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Spain’s national team hasn’t played a World Cup match yet.</p>
<p>You are probably referring to the ESPN special I mentioned earlier, which profiled some of the soccer clubs in that country and a few others.</p>
<p>No need to prolong this. [It</a> seems as though the World Cup has been fairly uneventful off the field so far](<a href=“http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=2061230]It”>http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=2061230).</p>
<p>My S lives in khakis. We just spent a week in UK, and he traveled with just a small carryon duffel. Wore his khakis all week. We saw everything from shorts to jeans to kilts to dress pants and jackets. Many school children in uniform, but I suspect the moment they’re home, they get as far away from uniform as possible. </p>
<p>I can’t tell you how many times we have been fooled - in our tiny Bavarian city - into thinking someone was American because of their clothing – American flags on shirts or jackets, white sneakers, etc. Baseball caps with NYC are extremely popular here, for some reason, as are college tees. Europeans travel, too! We can buy Wranglers, Levis, etc locally. Have had no problems anywhere we’ve gone with anti-US directed toward us as individuals.</p>
<p>In general, I think the boys here look exactly like American boys – right down to the droopy pants. Men and boys wear shorts, too. </p>
<p>It’s a different story with women: almost never see a woman over teen-aged wearing shorts. Don’t see exercise clothing (such as sweats) unless they are actually exercising. Never in the grocery store, for instance. Women wear sneakers much less here - so I don’t blend in that way! Men wear sneakers often; many women wear heels with everything, it seems! Haven’t been in the US in over a year, so I can’t compare - but women here show a lot of skin. Very fashionable is the straps of a thong riding high above the low-cut pants. (???) </p>
<p>We’re in a small city (47,000) – large cities are much more “international” - nearly anything works.</p>
<p>Well, he’s packed! What a stubborn child; I could not convience him to pack light. He did not want to rewear any shirts for fear he would spill something on them-he likes to eat and sometimes the tummy catches the drips 
There are way too many pairs of pants/shorts in his bag, as well as 2 weeks worth of shirts, undershirts, and boxers. He also took his rain coat, a fleece vest,a quick dry towel and a sheet thing for the hostels that his friend said he needed. Each hostel shows that linens are provided so I don’t understand the need, but whatever! The bag is packed so tight, that when his bags get searched, they will not be able to get everything back in!</p>
<p>He did take older undershirts and boxers that I recently replaced with new ones, so I told him to trash those if need be. I guess if I am not carrying the bag I shouldn’t worry. The bag packed only ended up weighing 38 lbs. I wonder what will be in it when he returns.</p>
<p>This child/man has been glued to the tv for 2 days watching the games. It is a shame that he will only be able to see one game, but I know that is one more than most people.</p>
<p>but its the atmosphere of just being there, and the games will be on everywhere…so don’t feel sad</p>
<p>as for the luggage, he has to deal with it, so let him…he will come back lighter, but bet being stubborn, he will say, ah it was easy to dragall that stuff around!!!</p>
<p>so now you can await the emails. Life will be good, beer will be good, games will be great.</p>