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Friday, August 15, 2008
At this exact moment, 1pm here in Italy, 7am in the States, we are sitting in the airport waiting for our departure. The flight is delayed 4 hours due to bad weather. We got up at 5am to catch our flight scheduled for 10:30am departure. We have been in the airport now for 5 hours together and will hopefully leave in about an hour and a half. Surprisingly everyone is still talking to each other and actually having fun! We took over a whole section of the airport, with people sleeping, eating, playing cards, reading, walking, conversing and generally trying to keep their sanity. We hope to arrive in New York by 6pm...keep your fingers crossed!
Our last game was a victory 83-61 against another tough club team, Amici del Campetto. It was a beautiful complex, the best so far... despite the bathroom situation. The team had some players from the first team we played, including the 6'3 post player who was very physical. We started slow but probably played our best game of the trip. The defense was outstanding as we frustrated them with our full court press and transition game. We played with the energy and passion I was hoping we would garner from this trip. It was a great way to end our play here. I look forward to the new season back home!
We visited Lake Como on our final day here in Italy. It was a beautiful town nestled obviously around a lake. We had a boat tour on the lake and despite the fact that we could not hear our guide and her description of what we were seeing, we did see where George Clooney's villa was located (just the villa, no Gearge in sight!). We spent a leisurely day in Como with a stop in Bellagio. Everyone got in their last minute shopping at both stops. We had our last dinner together back at the hotel, packed and here we sit...waiting to come back home to everyone.
Hopefully we will see eveyone soon! Coach Spirk
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