Playin chicken with the trucks

Oook. So today we played China! We knew they'd be pretty good going in, but we were prepared to give them a run for their money. We ended up losing 3-0, but our offense was solid; we can definitely improve on that game in the future and learn from our mistakes. But enough of that stuff... We seriously almost died in traffic today, AGAIN! We have a police escort to every game, so we just follow that car, apparently even when he is driving like a maniac. The roads here in Belgrade are kind of narrow... definitely not enough room for a bus AND some big trucks to be driving past each other at the same time. Some of us were nervous for the game today, sure, but I think we were all more nervous that our bus driver was willing to play chicken with other drivers!

Today is Dayna's birthday!! So some of the girls and our new found friend (attache) Dragana went and got her some delicious cakes and a fire cracker to celebrate the event. We lit the fire cracker out the window of our residence, crossing our fingers not to get tossed out for bringing dangerous materials into the village, haha! So far so good, but it's only been a few minutes...

We have a meeting tonight, in 15 minutes. Olivier thinks that we'll all be awake for some reason... and of course we will be because there is some sort of musical performance occuring outside at this very second. I think it may be classified as death metal... but I am kind of a wimp when it comes to hard music, haha.

Anyways, we play Slovenia tomorrow and we have a great chance at coming out with a victory! Go Canada!

more updates and pictures to come...