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World Cup 2010 - Online Essays

World Cup 2010

Kees Stokman
Mrs. Johnson
English CP
5/2/2012

It was July 11[th] 2010 and I was in Burney Falls, California. I was sitting at my camp site with my brother, my dad and my sister. I asked my dad, "Where are we going to watch the Final at?" He responded with, "I don't know yet but we'll find a place." I had never been so excited in my life and the game wasn't going to start until a couple of hours. My father, my brother and I yelled, "Hup Hup Holland!!!" Holland has not been to the world cup final since 1978 and before that 1974. They lost both times and deserved to win this time around. So the search began; we all piled into the car and went to town for breakfast. Once we found ...

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car and off to the next place. My dad saw a bar and thought, why not. We all walked in anxiously. There was an older lady of about 55-60 years old at the front desk. My dad asked her if we could watch at the bar; she responded with, "No, but you can watch it on the TV outside the bar!" My dad was furious and baffled at her response; he is from Holland, where he grew up in a bar and the drinking age was legally yet loosely 16. My dad pleaded, "Please, we came all the way from Holland and just want to see the game; we will buy food and make sure we're quiet." She exclaimed, "Fine; ok, make sure you're quiet, and only sit in the front portion of the bar by the TV. What would you like for Breakfast?" We all looked at each other with joy that my dad pulled this "miracle" off but unenthusiastic with the thought of eating another breakfast. So we all ate more food and waited for the game to start. It was time to for the game to start and we were all buzzing with joy. She turned the channel ...

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