Sparkling Apple Juice

After four failed attempts and half an hour of walking, we arrived at a pub that could fulfill our appetite for futbol. Tonight's matchup featured the struggling Hull City Tigers facing off against league leading Chelsea. We expected little of a game, but hoped for quite a bit of an experience. To our surprise, we were provided with both.

Have you ever imagined watching a soccer game in a crowded pub full of crazy, drunken, die hard, british soccer fans? If you have, then your thought was our reality tonight. It was straight out of a movie as fans raised their pints in celebrations and seconds later cussed in dismay. We stood at the back of the pub watching in amazement, slowly becoming more and more involved as we chewed out the referees for making a poor call. Although required to purchase drinks to stay (Steph with a british lemonade and Nick with a manly sparkling apple juice), we were welcomed as locals. Had we been cheering for Chelsea however, we are sure this would have been a different story. Our support for Hull City must have been noticed as a kind British gentlemen kindly offered up his seat, a seat that had been denied to various others, for Steph to sit in.

During the game, we were nearly knocked over with surprise as the fans erupted with an early Hull City goal. We needed ear plugs and quite a few bars of soap to endure the profanities used after Chelsea equalized just before half time. As the final whistle blew, the score remained level, and each team earned a much needed point in the standings for the tie.

Moving on, we set off in search for food. Peppinos pizza provided us a tasty refuge from the cold, wet, Hull night. Photo hunt, an addictive bar game, provided entertainment while we waited for our pizza. With our pockets empty as well as our stomachs, we hurried home to taste our delicious treat. For those of you who have had the pleasure to hear us speak of Zeno's, you will understand when we say this is the English version of it. Nuff said.

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