Dear Journal,

Yesterday we watched the Spain and Netherlands play each other in the World Cup. Spain lost by 4 point so we left the restaurant disappointed. Walking back, we passed other restaurants and bars; all of which were full of people with palms on their faces and tears in their eyes. On the train, a guy around my age, wearing the Spain’s world cup jersey, came and stood next to me. I could see he was as disappointed as the rest of Spain. I was talking to Ryan and the guy next to me turned and asked, “Hey did you guys watch the game.” And responded, “Yeah, Spain was pretty bad.” I smirked. He gave us a nod agreeing with us. I mentioned that his English was really good and he said that he studied in London. This was a brief conversation because he got off a couple stop after getting on.  “Hey, I still have faith in my country. Spain will win the next game!” He said prior to leavening. “Hopefully.” I said waving good-bye.