i was in france and italy during euro 2000. we got into marseilles one night and everyone was driving around honking their horns and yelling... through my mediocre french, i was able to discern from the taxi driver that france had beaten spain to advance to the semis of the tournament. then a few days later, we were in nice for the semis, and the game against portugal was on at every brasserie in the city. france won again. a few days after that, we were in florence for the final - france vs italy. i was rooting for france, but kept my mouth shut given that we were in italy. we watched the game in an apartment my parents were staying at for a couple of weeks. some italian guy scored early in the second period and you could hear the celebration all throughout the city. italy was up until injury time, when a french guy scored to tie it, and then france scored a golden goal in OT to win the tourney. the city was about 2 minutes from erupting into a celebration that would've lasted all night, and instead the streets were practically deserted. i actually saw one guy walking slowly with his head down, kicking an empty can. it was so depressing. so yeah, the euro is massive throughout the continent.