The Atmosphere Builds the Night Before
28th May 2019
Disappointed with the accommodation, we were determined to go out and meet up with our fellow Gooners for an odd beer or ten. We gathered at the Red Lion Pub (where else?!) and there was already quite a crowd there chanting, drinking and relieved that they had finally made it to Baku!
There was a basement bar next to the Red Lion. Harry's bar, which had quicker service but seemed to have random pricing. Never really negotiated prices in a bar before but it seemed to be the local thing to do. The street outside was filling up and bemused locals and hardly bothered police watched on. One of the Arsenal players, Mesut Ozil is really liked in Azerbaijan because of his Turkish connections. The locals watching on smiled when we started chanting about him.
Much beer was drunk and no food eaten! Perhaps more than I would have liked, but I really enjoyed the evening.
I made my way back to the 'shithole' apartment around 3am...went to bed and hoped I was not going to be visited in the night by possible bed dwellers....bed bugs!
Disappointed with the accommodation, we were determined to go out and meet up with our fellow Gooners for an odd beer or ten. We gathered at the Red Lion Pub (where else?!) and there was already quite a crowd there chanting, drinking and relieved that they had finally made it to Baku!
There was a basement bar next to the Red Lion. Harry's bar, which had quicker service but seemed to have random pricing. Never really negotiated prices in a bar before but it seemed to be the local thing to do. The street outside was filling up and bemused locals and hardly bothered police watched on. One of the Arsenal players, Mesut Ozil is really liked in Azerbaijan because of his Turkish connections. The locals watching on smiled when we started chanting about him.
Much beer was drunk and no food eaten! Perhaps more than I would have liked, but I really enjoyed the evening.
I made my way back to the 'shithole' apartment around 3am...went to bed and hoped I was not going to be visited in the night by possible bed dwellers....bed bugs!
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