I’m not a big sports fan. As a matter of fact, I don’t watch sports (and know nothing about baseball, basket ball, hockey, or any of the games out there).

However, I do make an exception with events like the World Cup (Mind you, I’m not saying I know much or anything about soccer but I like to watch it.). At the moment, I’m having a lot of fun watching the Beautiful Game, a description used by footballer great Pelé in his autobiography entitled Pele, My Life and the Beautiful Game. Now many use that description for football aka association football or soccer.

Like Ivonne, I subscribe to the “football players are hot” theory and that’s what makes it a “beautiful game” to me. )) However, I’m sure that there’s a deeper reasoning for calling it so. Actually, I think it’s beautiful that it’s a game that people watch worldwide. It’s a game that’s brought a lot of pleasure to its players and fans… Those of you who watch, feel free to share your thoughts.

In the meantime, I’ve put Pelé’s book on my “To Be Read” file. I’ve also added these books to my reading list: Hand of God: The Life of Diego Maradona, Soccer’s Fallen Star by Jimmy Burns and Futebol: Soccer: The Brazilian Way by Alex Bellos.

As I passed by this restaurant, I was excited to see that the establishment seemed to get into the spirit of The World Cup by displaying different soccer team shirts. Pretty cool, I thought.

Have a great week!

Paz