⑤U.S. West Coast Travel Journal

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5th Day (Sun, Nov 25th)

(The pic was in front of a dormitory which I stayed. It’s nothing to do with the article. )

(5) Watching the NFL live.
It’s 5th and final objective.
The comic on Jump which is a comic magazine in Japan affected me to like NFL. I wanted to watch not specific team not any games.
Also I watched “ALL OR NOTHING” on Prime Video it’s an American Football document program. I like a season 1 with Arizona Cardinals.
Coincidentally Los Angeles Chargers vs Cardinals game is in LA on my trip period so I planed to cheer Cardinals.

StubHub Center, Los Angeles Chargers football stadium.
The game is LA vs Arizona in LA stadium. So Cardinals was an away game. Moreover I bought NFL tickets for the first time in my life I didn’t do my research and bought the most affordable seats I could find.
You know my ticket was home seat.
Naturally the audience around me wore a uniform of Chargers or blue items to match the color of the Chargers' image, and was cheering for their hometown team.
I was lucky to not wear any red items haha.
It’s hard to cheer for the Cardinals here.
My favorite player on Cardinals was from the starting lineup.
It was a good chance to cheer Cardinals live but I felt awkward.
I decided to say that…
“…Go! Chargers!”
I let me went with the flow.
In the end Chargers won the game. The game was so good.
In fact I had grown to like the Chargers as I cheered for them anyway.
I guess that's how I felt after all.
At first I was a bit confused by the home seats, but after the game was over, I simply enjoyed watching the football game.
It didn't matter anymore.

Incidentally, at Stub Hub Stadium, the audience was having a BBQ before the game and enjoying snacks and beer at the food stalls in the plaza.
This is what America is like. In Japanese stadiums, you can find food stalls and simple benches, but I thought the scale was different.
It must be a lot of fun to come here with friends.

I was going to Farmers Market in West Hollywood after Stub Hub Stadium. A stylish mall is called The Grove next to Farmers Market was beautiful lit up, and made me feel sad. So I went back to a dormitory　after nothing here.
I was in the mood for talking with someone than shopping or sightseeing.
Fortunately there were a lot of guests then we enjoyed to play a card and pingpong while drinking at the night.
In the end it was probably the best time like this time in this trip.

Finaly,
The 6th day is just going to Japan so the series of travelogues on U.S. West Coast Travel Journal is over this.
This time, I was able to accomplish almost my objectives, and it was a satisfying trip. Also I realized that alone trip is good but I feel lonely for this long days.
I would like to spend more time for no-planning and make more time relaxing at the dormitory or interacting with people for a next alone trip.
Thank you for reading my travelogues.

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