The Super Bowl... Swedish Style

Awhile back (1st week of the NFL football season to be exact), Blake and I stopped in at a bar called O'Leary's to watch a Seattle Seahawks game. Well low and behold, sitting behind us were 5 people decked out in Seahawks gear. Blake was pretty excited to meet other Seattlites, so he started up a conversation with them, only to find out that they were actually Swedish. And they love American Football. You have no idea how rare this is. Turns out, this guy Erik's older brother used to play football in the US, and he used to live in Seattle, so when Erik went to visit, he became an immediate fan of the Seahawks. He got a few of his friends back here in Stockholm into the team as well. Throughout the season, we got to know Erik better, and we decided to host a Superbowl party together.

The only problem, is that to watch the game live, it wouldnt have started until 1 am on Sunday, our time. Since Erik, Blake, and potentially myself would have been the only ones to stay up and watch it so late on a worknight, we decided to download the game and have a party the following night. Erik thankfully volunteered to host, which was great because we had about 15 people over (and that would not have been comfortable in our apartment!). Blake and I cooked some chicken wings, made salsa, guacamole, a spinach dip, and a veggie tray to make sure our favorites were covered, while other people brought classics such as pigs in a blanket, pizza, pasta salad, and all sorts of other goodies. It was awesome. Everyone really got into the spirit. Most of the Swedes there had never seen the game, and got a kick out of it. They couldnt believe the huge production it was between the anthem, the flyovers, the food, the everything. Erik lent out a few of his seahawks jerseys to get us even more into the spirit. The only thing we were missing was the commercials, but after the game we watched the top 10 from last year to try and give people a flavor. Erik had even downloaded the half-time show! It was seriously an amazing success. Especially the part where I rooted for the Steelers and they won (most of the crowd was going for the Cardinals because the Steelers beat Seattle a few years back in the SB)! And it was a shockingly good game! Here are a few pictures of the event:


Erik, our awesome host:

The jersey brings out the tough guy in Pär:

Ylva enjoys the chicken wings and american food:

Björn and Ulrika enjoying the game:

The real winners... Ulrika, Björn, Alina and myself were the only ones cheering for the Steelers the whole game:

Blake is proud to be an American: