Easter Sunday myself and most of the boys attended a 7:00am mass at a local church in Montecatini. The service was nice and the boys commented on how they could follow along with service despite the language difference as the services were very similar to what they are used to a home. A short...
Today, Saturday, is a free day until the boys’ final match this evening. Breakfast was anytime before 9AM. After that, the boys were free until lunch at 12:30 back at the hotel. I headed out around 9AM to walk around Montecatini as did the boys. Nice town with lots of clothing shops. I wandered...
Wakeup call today at 7am. Really? Really? Breakfast and off to training at 8:30am. A brief walk for me on the beach before lunch while the boys are at training. After all, I may never have the opportunity to walk on the shore of the Adriatic Sea again. Sports news alert! Major upset today...
This morning we were able to sleep in — 8AM!! Breakfast first and then the boys had their training session with a second Italian guest coach. I did not attend the training session as I went to the Chioggia Thursday open air market. The boys said the training was good and better than yesterday’s...
Today I woke early and heading off to do some photography on the island of Burano. While in Italy, do as the Italians do! I awoke at 05:30 and caught the “autobus” to Venezia (Venice) at 06:00 right outside our hotel. I boarded the bus and purchased the fare. It was a very nice...
It was a busy day today. It is 11:30PM so I will make today’s post a short one, but wanted to write something today and share a few images. We visited Venice today via boat from near the hotel. We left the dock at about 9:00am. It was about 1 1/2 hours each way....
We arrived at Dulles International Airport on time, 6:45pm. Through the glass of the terminal we could see that the team had already been arriving. Almost the entire team making the trip was there all wearing their blue ODP Italy trip shirts. Some of the parents were mingling around as well. Evan and I...
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