Tonight’s the big game and here in Budapest hardly anyone has a clue about it. Everything is just business as usual. No displays at the grocery store. No TV Ads. No t-shirts. Nothing.

Yet, a group of Americans is very aware of it. We are gathering here at my house to watch it LIVE. Being that we are 6 hours ahead of Eastern time that means the kickoff is about 12:20am. Ouch! We are doing it for the fun, for the cultural experience, and just to feel like Americans for one evening. I stayed up and watched it last year and in the pivotal 4th quarter (about 3:00am), I fell asleep. When I woke up, there was about 1 minute to go in the game and it was pretty much over. Hopefully, tonight I can make it through. We’ll see.

I have a 9:30am meeting tomorrow that I won’t be much good for. I’m going to try to sleep in on Tuesday and catch up on things.

As far as the game, I don’t really care. If I have to pick, I’ll go with the Seahawks because they are the underdog and they’ve never been there. Also, the Steelers beat up my Cowboys back in the 70s and I haven’t forgotten.