Dávid (13 years old, Sajólád)

Four boys, one dream: to see the FC Barcelona playing a match "live".
And for one boy, it was a huge surprise, because Adorján’s parents hadn’t told him about the trip until they got to the airport. Neither of them have traveled by plane before and when the plane started to take off, they realized that this miracle is happening to them.

We arrived to Barcelona on Friday night. The less excited ones could sleep a little...
Next morning we were walking on the city’s famous mainstreet, the Rambla and we walked down to the port, but then we hurried back to our hotel because the boys needed time to get dressed in Barca colored clothes before the big match. We already knew that Messi was injured, but miraculously, he will be playing. We went to the Camp Nou by foot and we joined the crowd passing near to our hotel, all going to the stadium. First, we were just a small group of people, but et each crossing, more and more fans joined us.

The mood was really friendly and nice. Young parents with small children, like they were just going for a picnic. This reminds me that before and after our 3 day visit, it was cold and rain, but when we were there, it was 25° and sunshine. In the stadium, we were sitting near to a corner flag. There was a wonderful and exciting atmosphere, and not because of we were sitting in one of the world’s biggest stadium with full house, but because the city, the club and the Camp Nou was in the heart of the catalans. So this intensive feeling was love. We didn’t even wonder, that team Barcelona was warming up right next to our corner flag. Messi didn’t play during the first half, but this wasn’t a problem because Barca scored 3 goals to the Deportivo. In the second half, the catalans attacked to the side where we sat so we saw Neymar’s wonderful tricks very close. A bit later Messi joined, and it didn’t take long until he scored the 4th goal, which was the final score too. The catalan’s good mood has been secured for a while, everyone left the stadium euphorically. The city’s traffic was blocked in this area by the football fans.

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Next day we were already familiar with the stadium when we went back. This time we visited the museum and we "looked behind the scenes".
It was amazing to see the relics, cups, gold shoes and goldball, all this in one place. We could take a look at the changing rooms, the press room, the small benches and we were arm’s length from the grass. The number of the boy’s Barca colored clothes and stuffs doubled that day... Then came the "icing on the cake", we went to the sandy beach nearby, and as none of the boys have never seen the sea before, they had to try and swim in it. It was a miracle even there, that in the middle of October they could still swim in the sea.
Last day, we walked through Gaudi’s famous creations, but the boys’ mind was on how they wanted to stay more and watch more matches. Although the journey lasted only 3 days, I am sure, that this memory left a mark on them forever and they are even going to tell this story to their grandchildren.

We would like to thank our sponsors and supporters, Mr. Zoltán Barthos , Mr. Szövérfi János, our private donors, and the havervagy.hu friendship association for their assistance!

We would like to pass on the thanks of the boys to Mónica Liminana and to Ms. Andrea Balatoni Kovács from Hilton Budapest City who organised a gourmet snack box for day of the match for the youngsters, courtesy of Hilton Barcelona.


Tamás Kardos
wish-coordinator
Barcelona, October 16, 2016

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