True Life: Watching the Broncos While Living Abroad

That special time of the year is upon us again. We've waited patiently all off-season for the start of the Broncos (and the NFL) season. Watching the games in the States is always fairly simple: either it will be televised and we can watch at home or it won't be televised so we watch at a bar. This year since we're living abroad has provided new, and somewhat annoying, issues with watching our favorite team. First and foremost, the time difference. Luckily, the game yesterday was played on the East Coast and was the early game so it started at 1900 (7 PM) for us. Unfortunately we definitely, well actually, I definitely won't be watching any Sunday or Monday night games live, that's for sure. But luckily that issue segues beautifully into the whole how-are-we-going-to-watch-the-games issue. With a little word-of-mouth help and a little time spent on the interwebs, Brian found out that NFL.com offers different overseas internet packages. You can purchase the whole season or games by the week. Woo hoo!! We opted for the weekly package since we'll still be traveling and not necessarily at home all day every Sunday for the next three months. With the weekly package you're able to watch the games live or watch the archived games up to seven days after they've been played. Score!

So with our viewing issues mostly settled, we all got ready for our Big Sunday. Toby took a pre-game nap:

I made some snacks:




B got the game up and running:

And we settled in for a fun evening with the Broncos:

Unfortunately, we had some internet connectivity problems that delayed our viewing, but we worked them out and were able to watch the Broncos lose to the Jaguars. Boo!

Better luck next week, Donkeys!

PS - Ron & Holly: We missed watching with you two!!