Comments on: Travel for Sporting Events

By: Kirsty

Kirsty — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:12:18 +0000

This is a book I need to have! I have been scheduling my travels around the Olympics and World Cup since Beijing and plan to keep going all the way to Rio but it’s the smaller events that really capture my imagination. Thanks for the writeup!

By: admin

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:36:05 +0000

Oh- you are so lucky – it’s great that you were able to go see in your home town! I’m sure that most of those aerial type events are amazing to see in person since the television doesn’t scale very well! Do you have your cute red, maple leaf mittens too?!

By: admin

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:34:29 +0000

At first I thought it was a little North America centric…however once I really looked at the events – it was pretty well divided! I have an extra copy if you want it!

By: admin

admin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:33:39 +0000

Wow, I had no idea basketball was a big sport in Turkey!

By: Leigh

Leigh — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:19:00 +0000

I live in Vancouver and have been to one Olympic event so far – women’s aerials. I was amazed at how high they got – something you never appreciate on TV. The Olympic experience and the downtown party atmosphere is almost as much fun to see as one of the sports events.

By: Mark H

Mark H — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:10:09 +0000

Good to see a “list” book that is global. Too many of these books focus mainly on events near the author’s home country. Sport is one of the great cultural indicators of a nation and breaks barriers between nations. Apartheid was broken in South Africa with a large contribution from sporting sanctions. North and South Korea have marched together at Olympics. India and Pakistan compete at cricket and hockey. Israel competes with Arab nations at sport. I look forward to finding a copy of this book.

By: Anil

Anil — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:51:21 +0000

I’ll be in Istanbul this August to catch the FIBA world basketball championships. Not quite the world cup, but I’m sure the Turkish fans will turn the stadiums upside down

By: Amy @ The Q Family

Amy @ The Q Family — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:55:56 +0000

I love watching the sporting event too. Sadly, the only sporting event I have ever attended was the Asian Game in Thailand about twenty years ago. I definitely will check out this book. Looks like a great way to plan a trip.