my life just got crazier.
last night on the train from Donetsk to Kharkiv, I sat next to a fan of Dinamo Moscou. He took a bus from Moscou to the border of Ukraine for 15 hours and then another bus to Donetsk for 5 hours. He had no match tickets but he came for fun. We exchanged gifts. I think he is a hard core fan.
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since I was not a big drinker, he left me alone after an hour in search of more heavy drinking companions.
so I started talking to another fan across the aisle. Rami is from Lebanon and works in Saudi Arabia. We became friends. He had 3 extra tickets for GER-HOL so I called my friend in Kharkiv and after some negotiations, a deal was reached.
We all agreed to meet at noon the next day in the hotel of the Wizard.
At noon today, we met and the deal was concluded. My Kharkiv friend was ecstatic. Rami was happy too.
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Rami and I were hungry so we decided to go look for foods. the first restaurant we came in had a table for us but the kitchen was too busy to cook for us. in the second restaurant, we saw many fans waiting for their orders.
so I said to Rami, let's go back to the fancy hotel and spend some money but for sure we get a good meal.
when we got inside, I saw the Wizard and asked him which of the many restaurants in the hotel he would recommend to us. He said second floor, Pacific Restaurant.
when we got there, I saw the turkish guy from the sauna. He was with a group of people.
Rami said to me, that guy over there looks familiar.
I looked over and saw the former coach of Chelsea in the same table as the turkish man.
I said to Rami, let's make a photo together.
He said no. Mr Grant is Jewish and I am Arab. No way.
fine, I said. I got us a table by the entrance door for obvious reasons.
right after we finished our appetizers, Mr Grant and his group got up from their table.
I got a photo with him.
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but before I asked Mr Grant for a photo, Rami spotted another person in that group.
Rami asked for a photo which I took and then he took a photo for me with this man. The man was corteous and a bit shy.
He asked me where I came from and we shook hands.
I was so excited that I forgot to say Congratulations to him.
one moment I was drinking with a hard core russian fan, the next moment I shook hand with one of the richest man in the world.
and my decision to put on the Zola shirt today.
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how crazy is this???
last night on the train from Donetsk to Kharkiv, I sat next to a fan of Dinamo Moscou. He took a bus from Moscou to the border of Ukraine for 15 hours and then another bus to Donetsk for 5 hours. He had no match tickets but he came for fun. We exchanged gifts. I think he is a hard core fan.
since I was not a big drinker, he left me alone after an hour in search of more heavy drinking companions.
so I started talking to another fan across the aisle. Rami is from Lebanon and works in Saudi Arabia. We became friends. He had 3 extra tickets for GER-HOL so I called my friend in Kharkiv and after some negotiations, a deal was reached.
We all agreed to meet at noon the next day in the hotel of the Wizard.
At noon today, we met and the deal was concluded. My Kharkiv friend was ecstatic. Rami was happy too.
Rami and I were hungry so we decided to go look for foods. the first restaurant we came in had a table for us but the kitchen was too busy to cook for us. in the second restaurant, we saw many fans waiting for their orders.
so I said to Rami, let's go back to the fancy hotel and spend some money but for sure we get a good meal.
when we got inside, I saw the Wizard and asked him which of the many restaurants in the hotel he would recommend to us. He said second floor, Pacific Restaurant.
when we got there, I saw the turkish guy from the sauna. He was with a group of people.
Rami said to me, that guy over there looks familiar.
I looked over and saw the former coach of Chelsea in the same table as the turkish man.
I said to Rami, let's make a photo together.
He said no. Mr Grant is Jewish and I am Arab. No way.
fine, I said. I got us a table by the entrance door for obvious reasons.
right after we finished our appetizers, Mr Grant and his group got up from their table.
I got a photo with him.
but before I asked Mr Grant for a photo, Rami spotted another person in that group.
Rami asked for a photo which I took and then he took a photo for me with this man. The man was corteous and a bit shy.
He asked me where I came from and we shook hands.
I was so excited that I forgot to say Congratulations to him.
one moment I was drinking with a hard core russian fan, the next moment I shook hand with one of the richest man in the world.
and my decision to put on the Zola shirt today.
how crazy is this???
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