Being part of the american culture.

It is amazing to be part of the American culture. I am living in Texas until february 27th, and I had the opportunity to see how passionate are americans. They are proud of their roots, and they love to share this pride with everyone. But the main thing that caught my attention is their love for sports. Since I arrived to Austin, I had the posibbility to see 3 sport events. I went to a female basketball match and I also went to the Spurs vs. LA Lakers game. I also see on TV the 50th Super Bowl. And it was amazing to see the show that americans make around a simple match (simple at least for me!!!). From the special songs, until people wearing the color of their team. From the sweepstakes and games until the cheerleaders. Everything is a way of entertainment. And people feel part of this entertainment. They participate in the games, they sing the special songs as if they were hymns. And if their team is not doing a good performance, they all become coaches. Because they want to win, to be more proud of their team. And if their team lose, they also feel pride, because their team probably did a good job.

The first match that I saw was between two university teams. One of the team was Longhorns, from The University of Texas. Because of that, all the people from Austin was here!!! I had never seen such passion for a sport when the teams are from university. In my country, people just care about national or province teams. Argentinians are also passionate fans. But only for futbol. In my country is really weird to see people supporting other kind of sports. So for me was shocking to see this kind of show, and the passion for a university match, and for other sport (basketball), not only for futbol. 

The second game was between Spurs vs LA Lakers. Because of my first experience, I was prepared to be part of a bigest show. And it exceeded my expectations. Having the opportunity of see a NBA game is a thing that I am never going to forget. We had the opportunity to see the teams treaning and to have the players really near.

The Super Bowl was other sport that I had the possibility to see. It is about a completely different sport (american football), but the american feeling was the same and the passion of the fans was the same. It was the 50th aniversary of Super Bowl, so the midterm show was incredible. The experience of see this sport on TV was as amazing as the other two. 

Maybe as a conclusion I could say that is really important in every travel to be inmerse in the culture you are visiting. Because of this inmerssion experience you can develop a more positive critical thinking. Also you can get the tools to support your critics about this culture. I believe that to make an opinion about something you need to know this something.

Para las otras 24 personas que están viviendo conmigo esta experiencia... ya somos como una gran familia! Les dedico mi tercer post!