Tomorrow is Jeûne Fédéral; a public holiday in much of Switzerland. Since we have the day off from work, I went to Geneva tonight with friends to get our fix of some much needed American culture: football. Generally I don’t get to see very much live football given the time difference and the fact that very few places actually show the games. Fortunately, there’s a British pub in Geneva that shows them (Mr. Pickwick), so the day off tomorrow provided the perfect opportunity to make the 30 minute trek.
We ended up watching the Saints play the Eagles and it turned out to be a blowout. It didn’t really matter to me, though, as it was just nice to see a football game again. For the most part, it was just like watching a football game in the U.S., except for one thing – while the play-by-play commentators were the same as for the U.S. broadcasts, the “in-studio” analysts during the breaks / half-time were not. They were instead from the British channel that was broadcasting the game in Europe and a few of them had thick British accents, which definitely was weird to hear in the context of football commentary.
The best part of the night turned out to be the food. We had heard that Mr. Pickwick was known for burgers and it definitely lived up to the hype. For the most part, the burgers that I’ve had outside of the U.S. have been average at best, but the one that I had tonight (cheeseburger with bacon and mushrooms) was great. The burger alone is worth a return trip.
We ended up watching the Saints play the Eagles and it turned out to be a blowout. It didn’t really matter to me, though, as it was just nice to see a football game again. For the most part, it was just like watching a football game in the U.S., except for one thing – while the play-by-play commentators were the same as for the U.S. broadcasts, the “in-studio” analysts during the breaks / half-time were not. They were instead from the British channel that was broadcasting the game in Europe and a few of them had thick British accents, which definitely was weird to hear in the context of football commentary.
The best part of the night turned out to be the food. We had heard that Mr. Pickwick was known for burgers and it definitely lived up to the hype. For the most part, the burgers that I’ve had outside of the U.S. have been average at best, but the one that I had tonight (cheeseburger with bacon and mushrooms) was great. The burger alone is worth a return trip.
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