World Cup Final

I finished studying for the weekend, so I decided to go out to a pub and watch the world cup final. France was playing Croatia. I went to an Irish Pub called Paddy’s that is near the train station. I went there because my lab mate and his roommate were watching the world cup there and lots of people there speak English (and some do not speak German). I was surprised that it was not very busy. I guess it was 5pm on a Sunday, but I thought there would be more people there for the finals. Apparently there were a lot more people there when England was playing in the bronze medal match the day before. It was a fun game to watch. The first goal was an own goal by a Croatian player, which apparently was the first ever in the world cup final. There was also a really good goal by a Croatian player when the French goalie did not just pick up the ball. The Croatian player was able to just get around the goalie and score what looked like such a simple goal. I had a good time chatting with my lab mate and his roommate. His roommate is fully German, so it was good to talk to talk to some German people around my age. I also found out that I could understand what my lab mate and his roommate were saying to each other in German. Since my lab mate speaks pretty basic German, and that is the level I am at, I could actually understand it! I was really surprised that I actually could understand! It also helped that I knew the context of the conversation, which filled in the gaps of the vocabulary I did not know. Honestly, it was just a fun time hanging out and chatting about soccer and more.