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This weekend I truly acclimated. I purchased an annual membership to the Museum of Fine Art, attended a Dave Matthew’s band concert at Fenway, and watched Italy beat France from the North End! Now, I’m not one for acclimation, but with that weather as nice as it was this weekend, how could I resist?

The Dave Matthews concert was my first of its kind. I’ve never been a big concert goer, but I’ve seen a few. This was by far the best. Sitting behind home plate at Fenway on an incredible night, having purchased my tickets from a talkative individual outside the stadium (for a very reasonable price I might add), listening to the music I used to love in high school, I was in heaven.

Dave even broke into “Sweet Caroline,” which from what I gather is played at every Boston Redsox home game. Very enjoyable.

Then the Italy game. There is nothing like watching an Italian soccer game with tens of thousands of Italians in the North End of Boston (or as it has been called, little Italy).

(Photo from Boston.com/AP)

The fans were surprisingly tame, but certainly not without passion. Every scoring opportunity was met by large gaps. Twice, followed by exalted jubilation.