It is World Cup time for football (soccer for us Americans) again and around the world people are watching the games.

While watching the Women’s World Cup this year I have had some memories of watching the Men’s World Cup in 2018.

In the US viewership was down from the previous Women’s World cup as the US team has not done as well and the games are not played during normal walking hours.

I am getting ready to watch the re-broadcast of the final. I have been careful not to see the results.

I was in South Africa for a Men’s World Cup back in 2018. Since the games were in the evening time I would turn the TV on when I returned to my room and either watch matches or highlights of the games that had been played. Of course, I napped through some of the games while recovering from jet lag.

One night we had a course dinner and watched one of the games while eating our delicious meal.

The TV that we watched the game on was very large. It was a cold evening and not too many people were outside in this plaza watching the game.

In the hotel lobby there was a large screen and in the evenings the World Cup matches were being shown.

While waiting at the airport for my flight I watched one of the games in the airline lounge. There was much excitement in the lounge as people were cheering for both sides.

During the flight from JNB to FRA I watched one game and on the flight between FRA and SFO I watched two games. Lufthansa had several live TV channels and they showed the games.

Steven