The FIFA World Cup was expected to bring roughly 3.8 million people to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and quite a few of them have already found their way over to the Stockyards to get an authentic taste of Texas culture.
Walking into the National Historical District was like stepping into a movie, Nikola Petrović said Tuesday afternoon. He’s in town from Split, Croatia, and wasn’t left wanting after witnessing the parade of longhorns directed by cowboys on horseback.
Petrović came to Texas with another soccer fan, Stefano Tolomeo from Milan, Italy. Tolomeo’s country didn’t qualify for the World Cup, so he printed “World Cup Tourist” on his Italian jersey. The look was made complete by the pair’s matching cowboy hats…