When we got there, we had to separate from the group and find our own seats. Turns out ours was in the upper bowl.. on the opposite side of the stadium. It was challenging to find. We kept on being directed to different stairwells to go up a few levels... but when you were in the stairwell the doors were all blocked off. We finally found a door that was open. Unfortunately, I was wearing flip flops. It was a members area, and there was a dress code. Considering we had already missed about thirty minutes of the game already just trying to find the place and everyone in the members area had their eyes glued on the game, I didn't really see why they wouldn't let us walk through the hallway, but wasn't going to argue. We ended up just taking some photos in the stairwell. We found a random sign that said "Go Brisbane" so that was a plus.
We finally found our seats, or aisle rather. People were sitting in our seats. It really couldn't get any more complicated! The guy sitting in the seats told us that that's what Aussies do, they switch seats. Interesting...
We sat down for ten minutes and then it was half time. We decided to go down and try to meet up with our other roomie, as she was the only girl in the group of soccer guys. She said that there were a few empty seats in front of her.. and to come down to sit there. Well, that's what Aussies do, right?
We made our way down. Obviously this was during the five minute period where all of the exciting goals were scored. I was worried about going down there, as our tickets were clearly in different seats. My roomie assured me that if we looked confident, it wouldn't be a problem. She walked down, but I chickened out. Ended up meeting a nice Australian man while overlooking the game. He gave me the down-low on the Brisbane Roars. It was a semi-final game and they'd already won one. They were on a 25 game win streak! If they lost this game, it would be a major upset! If they won this game.. they would move to the finals.
I eventually worked up the courage to walk down. I was less nervous about it because both of the roomies were down there and they were waving to me, so I looked like I belonged. I think I made a bigger deal about it than it was.. but I was nervous!
After the soccer game (we won by the way!) we went to "the Valley". It's supposedly the hip place to go. Lots and lots of people. We took a train there and it was only about 10 minutes so it's pretty close to downtown. On my way there one of the guys that we went there with told me that I would have a hard time getting in to lots of places because I was wearing flip flops. He said, and I quote, "you think you can just spend 25 dollars on a pair on Havainas (a brand of sandals) and expect to get in everywhere?". Quite rude. I didn't talk to him again all night. He told me he was sorry and was kidding, but there are so many people here to meet that I don't really see a point in spending time with people who aren't nice.
My roomie offered to let me wear one of her sandals... such a nice gesture. Her sandals were "fancy", so we decided that we would just wear one nice one and put the nice foot in front of the other. We were literally putting our best foot forward. It worked.
Overall a great night. Lots and lots of fun. Gotta love Brizzy.
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