Graham,.. you talk about people being unfriendly, .... let me tell about a time when I was living in a small village in the alps in France, at the time I was living in an apartment, ( I was the only English guy there ) we had France vs England,
so up went the flag, boos from the French, and legpulling..all week it was "We will beat the English,and all that, and more the wine flowed the louder they became,
Well the big day came, even at work the boss, said "If England wins, I will buy you champagne, every one was laughing" naa, the English wont win,
That evening, ( remember I was living in a block of apartments ) in every home the TV was on and so was the Match, when France scored a goal, the whole world cheered out loud, the noise was unbelievable, from every home the cheers, every one came on to the balcony, then.......the English scored a goal, not a sound,,
all but for one little guy with a flag outside "here we go, here we go, here we go,"
but then France got another goal, again the screams and the shouts filled the air,
Well at the end of the game it was France 2, England 3, the town was still, no one was around, the bars where empty, not even a cat walk the streets, it was as if death had visited the town, it was still, only the sound of the wind blowing throw the trees,
And a single voice of an Englishman, screaming at the top of his voice "we won", we won,...
I didn't get any champagne, but who cares,.... we won.....ha,ha,ha,