Let the games begin. We've played 3 of 13 pre-season games to go along with our 26 regular season games, which start October 10th by the way(write that down). The first 2 games were played against a team from Germany's Bundesglia called the New Yorker Phantoms. We split with them winning the first game by 10 and losing to them by 9 in the second match. Overall, we played decent I think it was just nice to be playing against some different competition. From an individual standpoint I still got a ways to go. I am still trying to get acclimated with my teammates and coaches but once I find that groove I think I will be able to contribute a lot. We played them in a town about 3 and half to 4 hours away from Starogard called Kolobrzeg. I don't think I mentioned that the transportation routes in Poland are not quite as advanced as some countries in Europe I've been. The bus ride was quite bumpy to and from Kolobrzeg. I could care less though we watched "Death Race" on the way home. The facilities we stayed at and played at were well kept. The gym was part of the hotel. In addition the facilities also included futbol fields, fitness center, swimming pool/water park and spa. In between games we had a little down time so myself, 2 of my teammates, Uros & Tony, walked down to the center of the town had hung out before our curfew. We returned home late on Wednesday night and we had until Saturday before our next exhibition game. The practices were hard and intense and defensive oriented because coach felt we lacked a little bit in that category the first 2 games. We ended up winning this game by 20.
Moving on though. My team website put up our profile pictures and no surprise here Mom did not approve. Might of been because they didn't mention to us that we were doing it and I hadn't shaved for about 3 weeks because I wanted to see if I could grow a beard (still can't). And according to the comments on my facebook profile pic neither did a lot of other people lol. What can I say, they did the best they could with the talent they had.
Lastly, I have to comment about my nephew's preformance this past week in his high school football debut. A forced fumble, fumble recovery, an interception and 2 touchdowns! Not a bad start to the career. There is only a few things pulling me away from being over here and one of them is not being able to sit in the stands and be there cheering him on. As much joy as I get out of hearing about it, I sure wish I could witness it. I love you dude. Keep playing hard and have fun.
Our next game is Tuesday. I'll let you know how it goes. Until then.... Love
"Enjoy the Journey"
Love
Bud
Love
Bud
