One of the highlights of my stay in Istanbul was Wednesday football with the boys. We would play on a netted in turf field, surrounded by a barbed wire fence and guarded by guys with submachine guns (necessary? I think not...).Playing with Europeans is definitely a humbling experience. I have only played casually with friends in the past, never competitively. Most of the guys I was playing with had been regularly playing since they were kids. My Dutch friend Rutger said he'd been playing competitively for 20 years.
Even though I was a bit outclassed, it was an awesome time, and one of the things I will miss most.
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