World Cup at the Maypole

Mario and Vincent would like you to know...
you can buy it here, and take it anywhere! Ah.... Britain...

Italia! Italia! Italia! Italia!

The crowd was... packed like sardines. Never has a metaphor been more appropo, IMHO.  
I'm not sure if I'm relieved it's over, or still confused over the fuss of the whole thing...

By the way, the guy on my left is Jeff Shragge, a fellow intern and Queen's Physics alumnus. It's a small, small, world...