Soccer madness

As in pretty much every country I've been in except the US of A, people here are absolutely obsessed with "le fut." We spent last Thursday night at a bar in town with the rest of the Gabonese population (or so it seemed) screaming their heads off throughout the entire game!

On Saturday, though, Negar, Judith and I went to the stade municipal to watch the Schweitzer Hospital soccer team (Pelican) play the team from General Hospital. It was hysterical -- we watched the "vieux poumons" team, which is the older peeps, who range from 20 or so year olds to the 45 or so year old doc for whom Negar works. What a fantastic crowd!

Here's a pic from the match.