We finished last in our pool after a struggle against Slovenia (we lost in 5, should have won). Then we had to beat Chinese Taipei to have a chance at advancing to the medal side. We battled really hard, but came up short 18-16 in the 5th. Needless to say the team was devastated at having lost 2 tough 5-setters in a row. Then, since we finished 4th in our pool, we had the toughest cross-over...Brazil. They didn't make it to the medal rounds either because they had Italy and Serbia in their pool (both of whom are in the Gold medal game...go figure). We played well for 2 of the 3 sets against Brazil, but ended up losing 3-0. Yesterday we played Mongolia and slaughtered them. it was nice to finally get a win under our belts. And now it seems that fate has given us a second chance to beat Slovenia. We play them tonight at 8pm in our favourite gym... 1 hour away. We are all pretty excited to get some redemption and prove to them how good we really are. Go Canada!
Ok, so that's the news for the volleyball. Yesterday during our rest time, some of us happened to glance out the window and notice "hey it's pretty windy out". I thought I should get some of our clothes off of the ledge, in case they happened to blow away. Then we really took a good look and realized, just like David After the Dentist, that WE COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING!! Get the Jerseys, get the cameras!! There was what looked like a hurricane outside! The wind was blowing the rain sideways and none of us could even see the buildings next to us at some points. Tents and garbage cans were FLOATING down the street. There was a short time when we wondered if we'd be able to make it to our game after all. The water was over the tire level of the cars on the street. It was a total flood. Luckily, the weather has a tough time making up it's mind, so the rain stopped and life could proceed normally. But there was a 10 minute period there where we weren't so sure... It was a pretty interesting experience and some of the girls got parts of it on tape.
What else?? Oh ya, we had a day off a few days ago! The whole team cabbed down to Republica square, a really touristy area with a lot of history behind it. There were cobble stone streets and some very quaint little cafes and restaurants. We were all mostly excited just to get away from the cafeteria food! Lots of the girls had pizza, which apparently was good, but was basically dripping with grease. I ordered a chicken salad, assuming that lettuce would be included, but it was just giant chucks of chicken, tomato, and cheese all mixed up. Weird, but way better than the cafeteria! Plus, the banana split with chocolate ice cream was a definite high point. Olivier and Ryan thought they had to prove their manhood by eating large chucks of meat at the restuarant. They ordered a giant plate of all different meats and couldn't even finish it all. Olivier bet Holly she couldnt finish her whole pizza, but she easily did and now Oli owes her a 6-pack. Questionable bet by Olivier indeed. Then we just walked around for awhile, exploring the area. It wasn't long before we were all dying for water and perspiring terribly. So we hopped in a cab to check out our Canadian fellas playing some basketball. The End.
So we have one more game left, and then we have 4 days of sight-seeing and Canadian cheering! Our vball boys are in the 1/4 finals, so hopefully they move on and we get a chance to support them in the semis and finals! We all want to check out some diving, track, and some other sports as well. But first, we need to kill the bear. And excuse my language, but this is a quote from Sir Anthony Hopkins... "today, we're gonna kill the mutha f*cker!"
You write so nicely. May I ask you to writing something about people in Serbia, your opinion our culture, life’s still and anything other…
ReplyDelete