First day of Euro 2008, and a Competing Nations themed pub crawl. Sort of.
First stop, for the opening ceremony (A great way to keep drunk people contained for a few hours!) and Switzerland vs. Czech Republic, a Czech Bar in West Hampstead.
You'd never believe it was a bar!
A couple of glasses of wine, and sounds of Czech frustration. Throw in the cheer for the solitary goal, and that set up a great afternoon.
Next stop, Portugal. Or, the Portuguese community South of the river.
That's more like a bar!
Arrived halfway through the first half, to find the bar (and pavement outside) completely full. Also the little off licence next door, who was even opening bottles for supporters.
Joined in with the chants of "Ole" and "Por-tu-gal" - supporting Turkey was probably not an option in this crowd - and cheered when they scored (even though I'm officially supporting Sweden). You just can't help getting caught up in the emotion of the crowd! 
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Didn't know you blogged about this. Same next year for World Cup? God bless xx