It's the morning before England vs Sweden. The games are on at pretty civilised times here, 12 midday and 2.45 pm in Chile, (compared to Australia) although it has been leading to some pretty unproductive afternoons as I have to go to the pub to watch the games. The first game I watched was on Saturday afternoon, I worked at home in the morning so I could go to Flannery's (one of the Irish bars) in Santiago for the 12 o'clock. There were quite a few people there I knew and so it was around 4 pm by the time I eventually left. Germany vs Portugal. I managed to find myself in the Shamrock pub with around 25 Portugese despite my efforts to invite Germans. Germany are looking the team to beat although Spain looked pretty good yesterday. On Monday, England's first game against France, I For todays game I am going to the Shamrock, this is a relatively new bar in Santiago, only open a few months and owned by an Irishman Darren. The British and Irish lunch club will meet for lunch first then stay on for the England Sweden game so I am sure a few cold beers will be taken and the afternoon will stretch into the evening.
Other important new. The snow has finally arrived, I on't think there is enough for the resorts to open yet but I think it will only be a week or two so I might get a week or two of the ski season before I leave on July 14th.
I gave my last lecture to the students here last week. Next week I will do some revision with them and then they have an exam the week after so I should have some free time the first two weeks of July.
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