Diego Maradona is coming to town this weekend, and Kolkata has gone nuts. The terror attacks are off the front page, and El Pelusa (the Dishevelled One) has taken over. Posters are up all over the place, although there's one less after the Kolkata Telegraph breathlessly reported it had spelt "Socar" and "Fotbal" incorrectly.
El Pibe de Oro (the Golden Boy), famous for his social habits and his "Hand of God" goal, is staying at the ITC. As a result we now have commandos patrolling the perimeter, and a real metal detector with lights has replaced the dodgy door frame they had previously.
Unfortunately we're going to miss him as we finally moved out today, after a temporary mattress turned up on a bicycle at 9pm last night. What an achievement! It's a shame though - I would've loved to have run into El Cocaine Conquestador in the Dublin bar and asked him "what's it like to be the 2nd best football player in history"??
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