We started the day with a 9:00 game against a team from Norway. We fell 1- 0 despite having some great scoring opportunities. We played a team from Greece at 11:00 and lost 2 -0. We have played competitively with all of the teams but have not been able to come out ahead on the scoreboard. We returned to the hotel for lunch to fuel up for our next excursion. In the afternoon we went to Water World (“Europe’s Best Water Park”). We had a great time on all of the different slides, water roller coaster, wave pool, etc. The adults were the experts and showed the others their game. We left the water park at closing time and returned to the hotel. After dinner it was time to watch the World Cup match between Holland vs. Uruguay. There are many Dutch in this area and they all were all out proudly wearing their bright orange team colors. Some of the boys had a great time watching the game with their new found friends from Holland. We gathered back at the hotel lounge and were entertained by a couple of eight year old girls dancing. The boys were probably more enthralled with the constant parade of older girls that were passing by. Today’s curfew was extended to midnight as we have no games tomorrow yet it was still difficult to get them to call it a night even after a slight time extension. Tomorrow we have a bus for the day so we will tour the countryside and then come down the coast.
