Another one of my favorite things to do here is play basketball at the courts next to the Monumental metro stop. In the beginning of the trip during the warm weather, a group of us CEA students would go there around 3 times a week to play. It started off with just us playing against each other, but eventually we started playing against the local people. This was a great way to mix cultures because although we couldn’t communicate well, the rules of the game are the same and everyone knows them. It was interesting to see the differences in the style of play between us and them. They were trying to be all fancy and play like the NBA players that they get to watch sometimes, and could tell they never learned the fundamentals of the game at an early age. I think this is partly because of how dominating soccer is in the Barcelona culture. No child really grows up playing basketball and doesn’t learn the game as they do soccer. I also found it funny how most of the Spanish people playing at this court were wearing jerseys of NBA players. They are very fascinated by American players who play this game.
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