Open Flavor Friday: Bonding over soccer

One of the interesting things about travel is that it becomes easy to separate yourself from time — I meant to write this story on Friday. Some part of me might think it is still Friday. This weekend’s OFF isn’t about my vacation, but a fun soccer moment that took place during it.

As we waited for a ferry, fresh off the airplane, we killed time at a small brewery of ales in Papeete, lo’ and behold it was also showing the Champions League match between PSG and Real Madrid.

It was packed, except for the angles that could not see TVs. The crowd was somewhat evenly split. This is land and sea once conquered by France. But, no matter how good Neymar and crew is, the popularity of Cristiano Ronaldo…