I watched England v Sweden in the company of another (and more senior and respected)
ISOC member. We were in the recently renovated Rumba bar.
Apart from a manager/supervisor (?) and his friend, who were not really watching the match, we were alone in the large room, with a choice of six large screens all showing the match. I enjoyed a good breakfast.
Sounds ideal, but the picture quality was so blurred that I could not recognize the players or read their shirt numbers. And the sound was deafening and blurred too, so that I could not understand the commentary in American English.
Any better ideas? Is El Rey's Birthday Bar still going? And, if so, is he sure to show the match and not some other more American sporting event?
I have watched all the World Cup matches so far at home on my laptop using pirate internet channels. They drop out from time to time and if their is a power outage I am fucked. Even if the power returns quickly I need my landlord to be at home to reboot the internet connection. Now England have reached the semi-final (and hopefully final) stage I would appreciate more security. I am unlikely to be still around for the next World Cup so this is probably my last chance. Now Hemingway's is closed in Playa Dorada I do not know anywhere in Puerto Plata I can watch.
Last World Cup I watched a match with ErikS in Field of Dreams. We had to bribe them to show it, and even then it was with no sound while they played deafening Dembow at the bar. Not ideal.
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