tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65913112616263248862024-03-13T22:50:15.526-07:00Journeying through life with Jen and TinaJourneying through life with Jen and Tina - Mainly our adventures in Europe :)Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597608148810128812noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591311261626324886.post-28167407777155482962013-09-01T11:39:00.001-07:002013-09-01T11:39:06.440-07:00Life is good...I don't think I was clear in my last post, but this is a continuation blog from the one Tina and I had overseas. Instead of losing all you wonderful followers, I decided to keep you updated with what I am doing.<div style="text-align: center;">
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This past week was pretty amazing. Life in Lincoln keeps getting better and better. I met up individually with a few girls that play on different teams. I had a great time getting to know them and learning about their life. Building friendship is only possible with trust and without trust, you really don't have any foundation for growth and developing in any area of your life. </div>
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Every year before school starts we have Fall Outreach. This is a time for our missionary team to meet and greet the students at Big Red Welcome, which is a place where all campus organizations give out their information and free stuff! This also helps us let the students know that we are available on campus and can help them with anything that they need. A lot of students filled out cards that told us of their interest in bible study. This is very helpful because after receiving that information, we log it in to our system and start reaching out to the students. Some students only signed the information cards because they had a chance to win a $200 Gift card to Bestbuy, but that's ok we contacted them anyway. :)</div>
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We also had an event for the students called FOCUS Live. It was a spin off of Saturday night live that our team put together. We had a few funny skits and an athlete and missionary give their testimonies! The testimonies were amazing and inspired many students to keep God as a priority this year, if He isn't already. After that we were serving free ice cream and had a social to get to know more students. </div>
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My life as a FOCUS missionary is a little different than all of my teammates. I am specifically reaching out to the female athletes on the sports teams. I spend time getting to know all students and hanging out at the Newman Center (Student Parish on campus), but I spend more of my time on the athletic side of campus meeting and talking with the athletes. </div>
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Last week, I was able to go to swim, volleyball, and gymnastics practice. While at practice, I prayed for the girls, coaches, and staff as they practiced their sport. I watched the beautiful skills and talents that God has blessed them with and prayed for their development as a complete person and athlete. It is very beautiful to watch each sport and see how each athlete practices their gift/talent/skill. They do it so well and it is inspiring to me even on the sideline! God should receive glory through our sport because all of our gifts and talents are from Him. Along with God receiving the glory, athletes have the opportunity to be be sanctified through their sport. There are so many life lessons that can be learned and tough challenges that athletes face, but with the right perspective and focus on Christ, we can be grow in holiness and in virtue. </div>
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For the sake of not sharing specific details of teams and names of athletes, I will probably post more pictures in this blog. Please believe me when I say that their are a lot of amazing and cool things happening on campus. God is truly blessing my time here and I wake up every day looking forward to it! I love my life in Lincoln and I love that I have all of you to share it with. Please keep me and the athletes in your prayers. </div>
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I leave you with the words of Pope Francis at World Youth Day in Rio and some cool pictures from the week. Here is a quote related to sports from one of his talks in Rio:</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14px;">"A field is a training ground. Jesus asks us to follow him for life, he asks us to be his disciples, to “play on his team”. I think that most of you love sports! Here in Brazil, as in other countries, football is a national passion. Now, what do players do when they are asked to join a team? They have to train, and to train a lot! The same is true of our lives as the Lord’s disciples. Saint Paul tells us: “athletes deny themselves all sorts of things; they do this to win a crown of leaves that withers, but we a crown that is imperishable” (1 Cor 9:25). Jesus offers us something bigger than the World Cup! He offers us the possibility of a fulfilled and fruitful life; he also offers us a future with him, an endless future, eternal life. But he asks us to train, “to get in shape”, so that we can face every situation in life undaunted, bearing witness to our faith. How do we get in shape? By talking with him: by prayer, which is our daily conversation with God, who always listens to us. By the sacraments, which make his life grow within us and conform us to Christ. By loving one another, learning to listen, to understand, to forgive, to be accepting and to help others, everybody, with no one excluded or ostracized. Dear young people, be true “athletes of Christ”!"</span><span style="color: #282828; font-family: 'Segoe UI', sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></div>
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At FOCUS Live. There was standing room only! There are over 400 students in bible study!</div>
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Having a great time at FOCUS Live and enjoying the fellowship and community we have!</div>
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At the Newman Center inside the church. So beautiful and peaceful!</div>
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1st Sunday Mass on campus. It was at the Student Union because our old Newman Center is being rebuilt! We will have Mass at the Union all year. This is a picture of the Waffle Man! We had free waffles for the students after Mass. </div>
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Me and Father Seiker at the Red and White Volleyball scrimmage. </div>
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At the Devaney where the volleyball team plays. It seats 8,000 and is sold out EVERY game. </div>
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After being on the go every day from morning until late at night, we had a day of rest. Father Seiker (who I met at the volleyball game) invited me and some missionaries out on his boat to go wakeboarding, skiing, and tubing. In the picture: Matt (my teammate), me, and his brother.</div>
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"Mish life" or missionary life was not something I
thought God was calling me to, but after praying and discerning His will for my
life, I decided to give up playing basketball to serve and love on college
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I had four great years playing with my best friend in Europe
and those are memories I will never forget! God blessed Tina and me with great
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Now, I am working with the Fellowship of Catholic University
Students (FOCUS) and reaching out to the athletes through a division of FOCUS
called Varsity Catholic. God has always wanted to use me through sports for my personal
growth and for others. My experience of playing at Vanderbilt and playing four
years professional overseas is something I hope God will again use for His
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After a long summer of training in Florida and fundraising
my salary all over the place, I am now in Lincoln, Nebraska serving at the
University of Nebraska.I arrived on Tuesday night and by Friday was
watching volleyball practice and talking with a few girls who were involved in
bible study last year. God is so good! Saturday morning I went to my first farmers
market in Nebraska and I had a blast! There were samples galore and everyone
was very friendly! The first person I called was Tina’s dad because he and I
have a love for healthy homegrown food. We both enjoy the cheap farmer’s markets
in Arizona but it wasn’t very cheap here in Nebraska. That’s okay, I still enjoyed supporting the
Farmer’s and their work. I bought some smoked garlic sausage with a block of Buffalo
Wing cheddar cheese. I can’t wait to have that with some crackers and wine in a
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I share a duplex house with 5 other women who are all a part
of team UNL. One of our male teammates lives in the other house that is
connected to ours. We share a back porch where we have two grills for our cook
out parties. I have heard that FOCUS missionaries love to cook out for the
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My housemates and I had our first house dinner last night and
it was great catching up on life and the crazy summer we all had!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tonight I will be going to Father Matya’s and Father Holdren’s
house for our “Welcome back staff” dinner! They are the chaplains in
charge at UNL. I hear he throws the best parties and loves having the
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Last Thursday, we had a game against a team from Cluj-Napoca, Romania. After the game, we had 3 days off!!! Since we had been given a few weeks notice about these days off, Jen and I took the opportunity to plan a trip. It just so happened that everything worked out perfectly for us to take a trip to Rome. The timing could not have worked out any better. We found a flight leaving Cluj just a couple of hours after our game which meant that we would arrive in Rome on Thursday night and be able to enjoy 3 full days of traveling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As we were getting on the plane in Cluj, we met an American man who had been traveling for a while doing some different kinds of humanitarian aid in various countries. He sat by us on the plane, and we enjoyed a nice two hour conversation. I have to admit that I dozed off for about 30 minutes, but Jen picked up where I left off :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When we arrived in Rome, we had a shuttle already arranged that would take us into the city. Once we were in the city, we were able to make our way around like we were locals :-) Maybe not quite that well but pretty close :-) We really did remember a lot from our trip a few years ago so it was pretty easy to navigate around the city. We had reservations at a hostel near the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. It turned out to be a great location for us. We had two roommates in the hostel, a Chinese guy and an Indonesian girl (they were friends who had met in France while studying abroad). They were great roommates, and we got along really well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We were informed upon our arrival at the hostel that there was going to be a transportation strike all day Friday. Our plan had been to venture outside the city on Friday morning to go see the catacombs. We were a little unsure about how things would go without the aid of public transportation, but we decided to go for it anyways. We were told that buses would run very early in the morning (until 8 am) so we woke up really early and made sure to get to the bus stop by about 7:15. We arrived at the catacombs right around 8 am, but since they didn't open until 9, we just walked around the beautiful grounds and enjoyed the morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As soon as the ticket office opened, we bought our tickets and made it on the first tour. It was a great experience. It was amazing to be so close to our Christian brothers and sisters who lived in the first few centuries. This particular catacomb was the burial site of 16 popes in the 2nd and 3rd centuries. All throughout the catacombs, you can see Christian art drawn on the walls - a dove, a symbol of a fish, the Alpha and Omega, the Good Shepherd, the phoenix, etc. It's beautiful seeing the historical roots of the faith. There is a particularly beautiful statue of St. Cecilia that is now in the place where her body once was (her body is now in a church in Rome called Santa Cecilia in Trastevere). The statue is a depiction of how St. Cecilia's body was found - she was laying on her side, slightly curled up. If you look closely at her hands, you will see that on one hand, her thumb, index, and middle fingers are extended while her other two fingers are bent. The 3 fingers together represent the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) while the 2 fingers together represent Christ's humanity and divinity. On her other hand, she had her index finger extended to show her belief in one God. Here's a picture so you can see what I'm talking about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Cecilia%27s_Martyrdom.jpg</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After we were done with our tour, we walked a little further down the road to the catacombs of St. Sebastian. We didn't go inside these catacombs, but we did go inside the church that is built there (the Basilica of St. Sebastian). It was beautiful. St. Sebastian is the patron saint of athletes so we spent a little time there asking him to intercede for us as we finish up our season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Next, we began our journey back towards the center of Rome. Since there was no public transportation operating at this time, we knew we were going to have a little hike ahead of us, but we were fine with it. It was beautiful outside, and the experience of walking along the Appian Way was pretty cool by itself. We made one more stop along the way, and that was in the Church of Domine Quo Vadis. 'Domine, Quo Vadis?' means 'Lord, where are you going?" If you look at the pictures below, they will explain why the church is called this and why it was built here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Once we made it back to the city, we spent the rest of the day visiting churches, seeing the Colosseum, eating some pizza, and just enjoying the city. At about 5:00, we started making our way to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore (St. Mary Major) because we wanted to go to 6:00 Mass. On our way, we saw a religious store so we went inside because we wanted to buy some rosaries. As it turned out, this store was run by a community of religious sisters (Disciples of the Divine Master). We talked to them for a bit learning more about their community and explaining what we were doing in Rome. Then, we told them that we had to go because we didn't want to be late for Mass. About 5 minutes into Mass, I felt a tap on my shoulder, and I turned to see one of the sisters that we had just met. She told me that she needed to talk to me so I walked out of the chapel with her. When we were in the store with them, I had explained that one thing we were really excited to do was attend Palm Sunday Mass with the Pope. In broken English, she told me that if we wanted to attend Palm Sunday Mass with the Pope, we needed tickets (the tickets are free, but they only give out a certain number to ensure that there won't be complete chaos inside St. Peter's Square). She said that the sisters had extra tickets, and we were welcome to go with them if we wanted to. I said that would be great, and she gave me her phone number.</span></div>
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had a reservation for a 9:00 Scavi tour. When we initially decided that
we were going to go to Rome, one of the first things that we did was send a
request for the Scavi tour. We had tried to do this 2 years ago when we
were in Rome, but there were no available spots by the time that we made our
request. Depending on the time of the
year, you sometimes have to request tickets months in advance. (Because this place is so important and so
one of a kind, the Vatican only allows about 250 people each day to visit the
necropolis as a way to preserve and protect it.) This time, we were
almost certain that we did not make our request with enough notice so when we
got the email confirming our spots, we were ecstatic! (Since many people have never heard about
this, I’m going to explain it a bit. I’m
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to the necropolis (‘city of the dead’) below St. Peter’s Basilica. It is very similar to the catacombs outside
of the city, but what is especially important about this particular catacomb is
that it is the burial place of St. Peter, the head of the apostles and the
first pope! The place where St. Peter’s
Square is now was the former site of Emperor Nero’s Circus (the huge obelisk in
the middle of the square marks the center of Nero’s Circus). St. Peter was crucified just outside of the
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Our tour guide was extremely
knowledgeable, and she welcomed questions which was great. I would probably need to go on the tour about
20 more times to really grasp most of what she was saying because it was just
an overwhelming amount of information.
The tour began with an explanation of how the site of St. Peter’s
Basilica and the necropolis below it had changed throughout the centuries. Next, we began walking through the necropolis
and stopping to look at different tombs.
Our guide pointed out all of the ancient “graffiti” on the walls along
the way that gave us insight into the people’s lives who were buried
there. I could go on and on and on about
different things that we learned, but I’ll just skip to the main
highlight. After about an hour of
exploring the underground ‘city,’ we finally arrived at the place where St.
Peter is buried. Some decades ago,
archeologists thought that they had discovered the bones of St. Peter only to
later find out that what they thought were St. Peter’s bones were actually
bones from three different people, one of them a woman. Now, however, they have almost complete
certainty that the bones that they now regard as St. Peter’s bones are, in
fact, the real deal. The only way that
they could have absolute complete certainty would be to test and try to match
DNA samples, but since we don’t have a DNA sample from St. Peter, that just isn’t
going to happen. There were about 10 “proofs”
that our guide told us helped to confirm that the discovery was authentic, but
I can only remember about 5:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">1. The bones date back to the correct time
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century, and it is believed that he probably died when he was in his 60s.</span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">The bones match.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">2. No feet bones were
discovered.</span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">After Peter had been
crucified (because he had been crucified upside down), it was believed that the
way that they removed his body from the cross was by chopping off his
feet.</span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Therefore, it makes sense that no
feet bones would have been discovered with the rest of his body.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">3. We have very early
references to the fact that Peter was buried near the place of his crucifixion,
but until very recent years (mid-20</span><sup style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">th</sup><span style="line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;"> century), archeology was not
considered very important so nothing was ever done to verify those claims.</span></span></div>
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excavating the necropolis during the 1940s and 1950s, they came upon a tomb
that had a great deal of “graffiti” on it including phrases such as, “Peter is
here,” and “St. Peter, please pray for so and so,” and “Please bury my son as
close as possible to the tomb of St. Peter,” and “St. Peter, please obtain the
grace for such and such.” St. Peter’s
name appears over 20 times on the wall near his tomb.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">5. St. Peter's Basilica was built on this spot for a reason. The Emperor Constantine originally had a church built here during the 4th century to honor the prince of the apostles (St. Peter). That church remained until about the 16th century when the new (and current) St. Peter's Basilica was built.</span></div>
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said about this, but since I am quite uneducated about archeology and things
like that, I’m going to stop there. All
I can say is that it was an amazing experience.
Our guide gave us time for prayer and silence, and we each had an
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St. Peter’s Basilica that holds many tombs of popes who have died. We were free to walk around at our own pace,
learning about the different popes and praying.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After the Scavi tour, we went and had lunch at a little Italian restaurant not far from St. Peter's. It was delicious. We relaxed for a bit after lunch, then jumped on the metro to get across town. Our first stop was at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, in particular, the crypt below the church. We had first heard about this crypt on Catholic Answers Live so we looked it up and thought it would be cool to go there. It is commonly referred to as the 'Church of the Bones' because all of the chapels are "decorated" with the bones of 4,000 Capuchin monks. Before going into the crypt, there was a pretty cool museum that talked all about the Capuchin order, and that was really interesting. We learned a lot. Before going into the crypt, I thought it was going to be pretty creepy, but I didn't really have that feeling at all. It was interesting, and it was a good reminder of our mortality.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After the Church of the Bones, we walked a little way to the Trevi Fountain. Since we saw it last time, we didn't think it was essential for us to go back here, but we decided that it was essential to go to the gelato place nearby :-) And while we were in the area, we took a few pictures in front of the Trevi fountain and threw some coins in to ensure that we would go back to Rome someday :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After that, we walked some more to the Church of St. Ignatius (St. Robert Bellarmine and St. Aloysius Gonzaga are buried there), the Pantheon, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, and a couple other churches that we stumbled upon along the way. There are more than 800 churches in Rome so you don't have to walk far to find a church :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">At this point, we decided to head back towards our hostel, and since we were staying so close to the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, we timed it up so that we would make it there in time for Mass. I think that this church is one of my personal favorites in Rome. It's just beautiful inside and out, and it was amazing to be able to go to Mass there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After Mass, we made a quick stop at McDonald's for some cheesecake! Delicious! It's something that I really crave over here. As we were walking back to our hostel, I called Sister Maria Josephina to talk about the Palm Sunday Mass. She told me to meet the sisters at 6:30 the next morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We found the sisters without too much trouble. We were introduced to the rest of their community, and then we spent the next hour or so getting to know them better as we waited to be allowed in to St. Peter's Square (Mass didn't start until 9:30, but if you wanted to get good seats, you had to be there early). It was incredible getting to talk to these women. One of my favorite things about Rome is seeing all of the priests and men and women religious. It is so inspiring to see their "yes" to love and serve God totally by giving Him their whole lives. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We ended up getting great seats (much better than when we attended the beatification Mass for Blessed John Paul II!!!) :-) Mass was beautiful. The procession with the palm branches, the readings, the prayers, everything was amazing. And of course, it was incredible to be able to see our new Holy Father, Pope Francis. It was so neat that our trip coincided perfectly with the beginning of Holy Week and so neat that we were able to go to Rome just a couple of weeks after the election of a new pope. Thanks God!</span></div>
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Waiting for our bus to the catacombs. We found out on the night we arrived (Thursday) that there was going to be a transportation strike on Friday from 8 am to 5 pm. So in order to not have to walk all the way to the catacombs, we had to get up nice and early to catch the metro and this bus.</div>
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We made it to the Catacombs of St. Callixtus. The catacombs of St. Callixtus are some of the largest in Rome (4 levels and about 12 miles). It is estimated that about 500,000 Christians were buried here. These catacombs are particularly notable because many popes in the 3rd century were buried here. Also, several saints and martyrs, including St. Cecilia, were buried here.</div>
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Walking towards the entrance...very peaceful</div>
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After our visit to the catacombs, we walked a little further down the Appian Way to the Catacombs of St. Sebastian. We didn't go inside these catacombs, but we did go inside the big church that was built there (aptly named the Basilica of St. Sebastian). </div>
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St. Sebastian lived during the 3rd century. He was a Roman soldier and a Christian convert, but at that time, it was illegal to be a Christian. St. Sebastian boldly proclaimed the faith, making many converts in his lifetime. It was later discovered that he was a Christian, and the emperor ordered that he be killed. He was shot with arrows. Here is where St. Sebastian is buried. He was originally buried in the catacombs, but when the church was built, he was moved here. </div>
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Walking down the Appian Way :-) Since all of the bus drivers were on strike, we had to walk back to the city after we were finished at the catacombs. This actually turned out to be a highlight of the trip. It was a beautiful day, and the walk was relaxing (although a little dangerous at times because the street is rather narrow and there are no sidewalks) :-)</div>
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Inside the Church called "Domine, Quo Vadis?" That is a Latin phrase that means, "Lord, where are you going?" </div>
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Inside the Church of Domine, Quo Vadis? This Church has a very cool story to go along with it. Sometime in the mid-60's AD, the Christian persecution of Emperor Nero began to increase in intensity. In order to escape the persecution, St. Peter decided to leave Rome. As he was walking away from the city along the Appian Way, he encountered a vision of Jesus walking towards the city. Peter asked Him, "Domine, quo vadis?" which means, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered, "I am going to Rome to be crucified anew." This gave Peter the courage to turn around and go back into Rome where he was ultimately crucified by the order of Emperor Nero. </div>
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At the front of the church, you can see a picture of Peter being crucified upside down. Tradition tells us that St. Peter asked to be crucified upside down because he did not feel worthy to be crucified like the Lord. Here is a quote about St. Peter's martyrdom that was in the church: "When he reached the cross, Peter said: My Lord Jesus Christ who came down to earth from heaven, was crucified on the earth with the cross standing upright, and now he deigns to call me, who come from earth, to heaven. For this reason, my cross must be placed upside down, so that my steps may point towards heaven. I am not worthy to be crucified like my Lord."</div>
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Directly opposite of the picture of Peter is a picture of Our Lord's crucifixion</div>
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Jen loves touching ancient things :-)</div>
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Almost back to the city. Here we are in front of Circo Massimo. Circo Massimo was the first and largest stadium in ancient Rome. Today it is a public park.</div>
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Bocca della Verita (Mouth of Truth) - The legend has it that the Mouth of Truth is sort of like a lie detector. If you put your hand into the mouth and you tell a lie, the mouth will bite your hand off!</div>
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Inside the smallest church in Rome (or at least that's what we were told). It's a tiny little chapel below the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. St. Cyril was buried here for a time, but his body was later moved to the Basilica of San Clemente.</div>
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Looking out over the Roman Forum</div>
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Outside of the Mamertine Prison. It is believed that this is where St. Peter and St. Paul were imprisoned for a time. Last time we were in Rome, we went inside the prison so we were able to see what sort of environment they had to endure.</div>
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Walking towards the Colosseum</div>
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Outside of the Colosseum</div>
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Jen writing a "secret note" for my Dad and my brother who will be going to Rome in a couple of months</div>
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This picture is supposed to be the "map" for them to find the note :-)</div>
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The Basilica of San Clemente is built on top of a well-preserved 4th century church. You can go down below the main church to see these ancient excavations.</div>
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Inside the Basilica of San Clemente. It's a little difficult to see in this picture, but the main image above the altar is a crucifix with vines growing out from it. This beautiful Christian imagery depicts the cross as the Tree of Life. "I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me, you can do nothing." -John 15:5</div>
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Inside the Cathedral Basilica of St. John Lateran. Every diocese in the world has one cathedral. In Rome, this is it. The word 'cathedral' comes from the Latin word 'cathedra' which means "throne" or "elevated seat". Since the Pope is technically the Bishop of Rome, this is the Pope's sort of "home" church. </div>
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Outside of St. John Lateran</div>
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Inside a kebab place near St. Mary Major. We ate here a couple of years ago when we were in Rome, and we remembered it being pretty good so we made it a point to go back this time around. Jen left a secret note for my Dad and my brother under this table. </div>
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In the 'confessio' (the sunken area in front of the papal altar) in the Basilica of St. Mary Major, there is a relic of the Holy Crib. St. Jerome, the great Scripture scholar and Doctor of the Church, is also buried here.</div>
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Jen in front of St. Peter's Basilica</div>
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Jen with a couple of the Swiss guards :-)</div>
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Walking alongside of St. Peter's Basilica on our way to the Scavi tour office</div>
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After checking in for our Scavi tour which was AMAZING! Definitely in the top 3 things that we did on this trip. St. Peter, pray for us!</div>
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We found an Italian restaurant that we really liked...so we ate there twice on our trip.</div>
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Taking a quick nap after lunch. We woke up earlier and earlier each morning we were in Rome. There's so much to see and do, and we didn't want to miss anything! But we did have to take a few breaks to rest throughout the day :-)</div>
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Inside the 'Church of the Bones' - it's a crypt below the Church of the Immaculate Conception which is "decorated" with the bones of over 4,000 Capuchin monks. Upon entering the crypt, there is a sign that says, "What you are now, we used to be. What we are now, you will be." It is a good reminder that we are all going to die someday, and none of us know when.</div>
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Throwing a coin in the Trevi Fountain. The legend says that if you throw a coin into the fountain, you will be sure to return to Rome. It worked the first time...hopefully it works again ;-)</div>
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In front of the Pantheon. The Pantheon dates back to 125 AD. It was originally an ancient temple dedicated to "all the gods," hence the name "pan theos." When it was converted to a church, it was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and all the martyrs. Today, the official name of this church is Santa Maria ad Martyres, but it is still commonly known as the Pantheon.</div>
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Inside the Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva. This church has that name because it was built directly on the foundation of a temple to the pagan goddess, Minerva. In the 8th century, the ruined temple was "Christianized", and a church was built in honor of the Virgin Mary.</div>
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St. Catherine of Siena is buried here. Jen chose St. Catherine as her Confirmation saint when she was confirmed a few years ago so she was excited to come here when we discovered that St. Catherine's body was in Rome. We were in Siena a few years ago so we knew that St. Catherine's head was in Siena, but we didn't know where the rest of her body was buried. Now we know :-) (If the idea of relics seems strange to you, feel free to read a little more about it in this very short article: http://www.catholic.com/tracts/relics . The last section of the article talks specifically about relics in Holy Scripture.)</div>
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On the bus trying to save our legs - we couldn't walk anymore!</div>
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Rome has so many ruins and excavation sites - sometimes we have no idea what we're even looking at, but it's still amazing to see it. This was one of those times :-)</div>
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Waiting for the subway. This time in Rome, we were able to make our way around without any problems. It definitely felt like we had been there before so that's nice. It allowed us to do/see a lot more since we didn't waste time getting lost :-)</div>
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Jen and St. Paul</div>
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With our new friends, Sister Maria Josephina and Sister Maria Rosa and thousands of others :-)</div>
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There was a big procession from outside of the colonnade toward the obelisk in the middle of St. Peter's Square. Here, we read the Gospel reading about Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey while the people laid palm branches on the ground in front of him while singing "Hosanna." "On the next day, when the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, they took palm branches and went out to meet him, and cried out: "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord." -John 12:12-13 After the reading, they processed again towards the altar in front of St. Peter's.</div>
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After Mass had ended, Pope Francis rode around the square. All of the people were standing on their chairs, chanting, and waving flags.</div>
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Here is the group of nuns that gave us tickets and allowed us to sit with them....sweet, sweet people!</div>
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Matthew 16:18 "And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."</div>
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Standing outside of the Basilica of St. Peter's with St. Peter's Square behind us</div>
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During our Scavi tour, we learned that the seashell is a Christian symbol of baptism. Holy water fonts inside Catholic churches are often shaped like seashells. Drawings of seashells can be found in many of the Christian catacombs throughout Rome.</div>
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St. Peter with the keys to the kingdom. Pope Francis, the 265th successor of St. Peter, now has the keys.</div>
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"Habemus Pizza!" We liked the name of this restaurant because 'Habemus' is a Latin word that means "We have." When a new pope is elected, one of the cardinals announces from the balcony in St. Peter's Square, "Habemus Papam!" or "We have a pope!" Famous words :-)</div>
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Enjoying our last meal in Rome. After a nice meal, we realized that we had not really managed our time well so we went into full out hustle mode trying to get to the metro, change lines, run to the hostel, grab our bags, run back to the metro, and ultimately catch our shuttle to the airport. It was a stressful way to finish up, but it was pretty funny once we realized we were going to make it in time.</div>
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This past weekend, we had some special visitors. Three of our friends from Slovakia came to stay with us and watch us play. They called at about 1 am on Saturday to tell us that they were almost there so we went outside to meet them and help them find where we live. Originally, we were supposed to have shootaround at 11:00, but our coach cancelled it so that freed up Saturday morning to enjoy a big breakfast and show our friends around the city. After walking around a bit, we went to lunch at the restaurant where our team eats everyday. Then, we went back to our apartment to do a little dinner prep. After that, we took a quick nap before leaving for the game.</div>
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Our game was against Timisoara, a team ranked in the middle of the league. They are most likely the team that we will face in the first round of the playoffs so it was important to come out strong against them and send an early message. We played well and won by a substantial margin.</div>
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We went back to the apartment and made a big feast for our friends. They always took such great care of us when we were in Slovakia so we wanted to return the favor. After dinner, they surprised Jen with a late birthday cake. It was honey Marlenka, Jen's favorite Slovak dessert. We didn't know that they had that planned so we had already made brownies for dessert. Not a problem...we just ate both! :-) We played a game of Farkle, and Peter won :-/ Other than the last part, the night was a lot of fun.</div>
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The next morning, we woke up early to go to Mass. Then, after Mass we went back to the apartment for another big, American breakfast. We had originally planned to go to Timisoara for the day, but after weighing our options and considering the amount of time it would take to get there and back, we opted for a closer option: Vinga. Vinga is a small village about 25 minutes from Arad. There isn't much to see there except for a big, Catholic church. We were told that it's the tallest church in Romania. We had driven by it several times on road trips and always wanted to go see it so it seemed like a good option. When we arrived, we found out that it was closed :-/ It was still beautiful from the outside, but it would have been nice to go inside. We took some good pictures, had a few laughs, and then got back in the car to go back to Arad. While we had a car, Jen really wanted to go to a grocery store called Real because they have some things that other stores don't carry. The only thing on the 'list' was cheddar cheese, but after about 45 minutes of shopping, we had a lot more than cheese :-)</div>
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After a little shopping, we went back to the apartment to eat and then help our friends get back on the road by about 5:30 since they all had work the next day. It was a quick trip, but as usual, it was great to see our friends. We're hoping to see them at least once more before we head back to the states. </div>
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Thanks for visiting us Katka, Peter, and Marek!!! We love you guys :-)</div>
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Peter was surprised to see all of the stray dogs in Romania. When Jen and I first came here 2 years ago, we were surprised too, but now, seeing them has become normal.</div>
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Showing our friends around the center of Arad</div>
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Lunch at the restaurant where our team eats everyday</div>
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At our game against Timisoara</div>
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Champs!</div>
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With our President, Marcel, holding the trophies we won in the Central European Cup</div>
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Saturday night feast after the game</div>
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We didn't have a corkscrew so Peter found another way to open the wine. Other than the mess, it worked pretty well :-)</div>
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Birthday surprise for Jen - Marlenka! It's her favorite dessert from Slovakia.</div>
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This is where we went to Mass on Sunday morning. We had seen this church before (St. Therese Catholic Church), but we could never figure out what time Mass was until recently. This Church is quite a bit closer than the one in the center so it makes going to daily Mass much more convenient.</div>
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There was a great sale on eggs last week so we stocked up!</div>
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Marek trying to help Jen make Eggs in a Basket</div>
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Jen did the first one to give Marek an example of how it should look. The one on the right is Marek's first attempt :-) In his defense, he didn't quite understand what Jen was going to use it for, and he thought it was wasteful to only use a small piece from the bread so he tried to get the most out of it.</div>
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Eggs in a Basket</div>
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Jen and Katka with their Sosovicova - a Slovakian soup</div>
<br />Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597608148810128812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591311261626324886.post-900260793194433102013-03-11T02:36:00.000-07:002013-03-11T02:36:36.256-07:00Dracula's Castle (and Jen's Birthday!!!)<br />
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Well, we are back on the road again. Yesterday we traveled to Craiova, a city in
the center of Romania. We have a game today,
and then we will drive back to Arad.
Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like we have been on the road a lot
lately! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Last week, we had a 3 day road trip. We left early Friday morning and drove to
Brasov, another city in the center of Romania.
Because we didn’t play until Saturday, our team took the opportunity to
do something fun/different while we had the time. There is a city called Bran which is about 20
minutes from Brasov. Bran is most famous
for being home to Dracula’s Castle. I
had a rather vague understanding of the connection between Romania and Dracula
before coming here, and to be honest, I can’t say that I have a great
understanding even now. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The story is pretty complicated, really. I’m not going to get into all of it here
because it would take a long time to explain and because I would probably still
get some of the story wrong. To make a
long story short, though, the figure we know as Dracula is based on a real life
person named Vlad Tepes III who later became known as Vlad the Impaler. He was a rather ruthless human being who was
known for killing people, impaling them on stakes, and then lining the roads
with them to scare off his enemies. The
whole character of Dracula came about as a result of a novel written by Bram
Stoker called <i>Dracula</i>. Anyways, if you’re really interested, you can
read a little more about it all here: <a href="http://www.ithaca.edu/history/journal/papers/sp02dracula.html">http://www.ithaca.edu/history/journal/papers/sp02dracula.html</a>
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Going to the castle was interesting, and it was a nice
change from the usual routine since life as a professional basketball player
overseas can be a little repetitive sometimes.
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On Saturday, we played Brasov (we won), and then after the
game, we drove about 3 hours to Bucharest to play another game on Sunday. We had an early game Sunday, made a quick
stop at McDonald’s, and then got on the road for the long 11 hour bus ride back
to Arad. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We have a few things coming up to look forward to. First, Jen’s birthday is TODAY! (March 11<sup>th</sup>)! She is 26…wow <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> Since we have a game today and then will be
on the bus the rest of the day, it’s not really the best day for celebrating a
birthday. It’s not a problem, though,
because Jen and I celebrate birthday weeks together, not just days. We’ll be sure to find some fun things to do <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> Second, we are expecting some visitors this
coming weekend! A couple of our friends
from Slovakia will be coming on Friday and staying until Sunday afternoon. As usual, it will be great to see them and
spend some time together. And third, Jen
and I just finished planning a trip to Rome for the following weekend (March
21-24). We were told about a week and a
half ago that we were going to have 3 consecutive days off so we immediately
started looking up cheap flights. We
found a great deal to and from Rome and couldn’t pass up the opportunity. This is obviously a very exciting time in the
Church right now with the upcoming papal conclave. We are assuming that by the time we arrive, a
new pope will have been elected so that is extremely exciting. Also, there are a few (well way more than a
few) things that we really wanted to see/do in Rome last time we were there
that we are really looking forward to.
And finally, we will be there for Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy
Week. Obviously it would be incredible
to be in Rome for all of Holy Week, but it’s pretty cool that this last minute
trip coincides with at least one day of it.
Sooooo…..lots of exciting things coming up. We’ll keep you posted!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We hope you’re all doing well. Don’t forget to wish Jen a ‘Happy Birthday’ <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Waiting outside to buy tickets to go see the castle</div>
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Walking up the hill to the castle</div>
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Inside the castle</div>
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Super narrow staircase</div>
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View of the inside of the castle</div>
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All of the doors were super short!</div>
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Carla and Jen</div>
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In the courtyard in the castle</div>
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Carla and Tina</div>
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Vlad the Impaler = Dracula the Vampire (sort of)</div>
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Carla helping Jen grab the money at the bottom of the well</div>
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In front of the castle</div>
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Castle at a distance</div>
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Hey! I know it’s been
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little more difficult to blog about because there is a lot of repetitiveness in
a 9 month season. That being said, here’s
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This past weekend we were in Brno, Czech Republic for the
Final Four of the Central European League that we had been playing in since
October. On Saturday, we played Trutnov,
a team from Czech. When we played in
Slovakia for our first two seasons, Trutnov was a regular opponent. They are traditionally a very well-coached,
disciplined team so we knew it would be a tough game. Thankfully, we came out with a comfortable
victory. Sunday, we played Miskolc, a
team from Hungary. We had a preseason
game against them back in August, but at that time they were still missing some
key players. Our team played great in
this game. We jumped on them right from
the beginning, and they were never able to recover. Soooo….we won the championship! Our team has three major goals for this
season, and this was the first. Mission
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This weekend, we will play against a team from
Brasov, Romania. It is in the center of
the country in the heart of the Transylvania region. On Friday morning, we will leave early
because our team is taking a trip to Bran Castle (better known as Dracula’s
castle). This is probably one of the
most well-known landmarks in Romania so it will be great to have an opportunity
to see it. I (Jen) watched the movie
Hotel Transylvania on my flight from California to Romania, and I’m excited to
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The church that we went to for Mass while we were in Brno. It felt like old times in Slovakia because the Czech and Slovak languages are so similar. The church that we go to in Romania has Mass in Romanian and Hungarian, and we can hardly understand a single word so it was awesome to at least be able to identify a couple of words that we knew :-)</div>
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Celebrating after the win</div>
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At our victory dinner posing with the CEWL Cup</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">We played a home game a couple of weeks ago against Satu Mare, and some of our teammates helped to organize a Teddy Bear Toss before that game.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">Fans were encouraged to bring stuffed animals to the game and then after the playing of the Romanian national anthem, everyone was instructed to throw their toys down towards half court.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">It was a big success!</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">Those stuffed animals will be given to children in Arad at hospitals, orphanages, and places like that.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">The day after the game, Tina, Chrissy, Suzana, and I were invited to visit a center in Arad for people with some sort of mental disability like Down Syndrome or Autism.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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I (Jen) have been enjoying trying out some new recipes lately - especially healthy recipes. I found a healthy pancake recipe on Pinterest that uses wheat flour, Greek yogurt, an egg, and a few other things. Tina was a little skeptical when I first offered her some because she doesn't typically like her sweets to be "healthy," but when she tried them, she loved them. I have made them for a few other teammates, and they have been a hit!</div>
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<br />Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597608148810128812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591311261626324886.post-8325123750197542312013-01-23T16:00:00.001-08:002013-01-23T16:00:37.588-08:00End of January UpdateHey!<br />
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We just wanted to write a little update since it's been about a week and a half. There's not a whole lot new to write about, but we figured we better get back into the habit of blogging or else there's a good chance that we might have a repeat of some of the past years where we just stop blogging in the second half of the season :-) <br />
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So, that being said, we have officially been back for 3 weeks now. Games have been going well so far in this part of the season. We only have one more game in January, and then in February, we will have a ton of games including the Final Fours of the Romanian Cup and the Central European Cup. <br />
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Last week, we got an unexpected snow storm (well, at least I didn't expect it). It was funny because the few days leading up to it had been really nice weather. Kari and I were actually talking one night after practice about how surprisingly warm it had been in January and how it seemed like maybe we weren't going to get any more snow since it was almost February. We went to sleep that night and woke up the next morning to snow everywhere! Hahaha...what do we know? :-) Thankfully, it melted the next day :-)<br />
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We found out today that we have this coming Sunday off and possibly Monday so there's a chance that Jen and I might try to plan a little excursion. It's really short notice, and not a whole lot of time so we'll see what we can come up with :-) We hope everyone is having a great week!<br />
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Kari running to catch the tram. When we are waiting for the tram after practice, there are two different trams that come by - number 7 or number 18. Number 7 takes us straight to where we live. Number 18 takes a turn towards the center of the city, but it's possible to get off and walk to another stop and wait for a tram there. At this stop, there are more trams that come by so it's possible that it might be faster to take number 18 and then catch 3 or 6. It's a gamble. Kari decided to take her chances, but this time number 7 was the better choice. Jen tried to stall the tram for her by keeping the doors open, and she managed to get a picture of Kari in action :-) It's normally not a big deal to run to the tram, but with those snowy/icy sidewalks, it's a bit risky :-)</div>
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We just wanted to give you an update from this past weekend. Tina and I had a game against our old teammate Jence Rhoads! We left Friday morning and ten hours later, arrived in Sf<b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">â</b>ntu Gheorghe. (English: Saint George) The city is located in the central part of the country and in the historical region of Transylvania. I was excited when I found out we were in this region because on my flight over to Europe, I watched the movie 'Hotel Transylvania'. "Supposedly" the castle from the movie looks identical to the real Dracula's castle in Romania. We didn't get to see the castle on this trip, but when we play another team closer to the castle, we will get a chance to sight see. </div>
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We saw Jence before our Friday evening practice and made a plan to meet up the next day. Saturday morning, Tina and I went to Mass at 7:30am at the closest Catholic Church to our hotel. It took us 5 minutes walking to get to the church, but it was freezing! I really can't remember the last time my face was so cold. Seriously, it was painful. Tina and I are from Arizona and California, and we are not use to that kind of weather! After Mass, Tina and I ran back to the hotel and met up with Jence. </div>
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We walked to her apartment to meet her new puppy Ella! Jence and her roommate decided to save a puppy from the local dog shelter. There is a stray dog problem in Romania and apparently, the shelters will give dogs away for free to people who are interested. Ella is a very cute puppy. She is not yet potty trained and peed on the floor twice when we got there. We decided to take her for a walk outside in case she wanted to do #2. As we walked through the city, we got a chance to reminisce on old times and update one another on new things happening in our lives. </div>
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It was such a great time visiting with Jence! We weren't sure how much time we would get to see her, but we were able to hang out after the game, too! We introduced her to Carla because she played at Ole Miss, but mainly because Vandy women's basketball smashed Ole Miss a couple weeks ago. Thank you, ladies! </div>
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Today is my twin sisters' 14th birthday! I can hardly believe that they are getting so old :-) I wish that I could have stayed home a few days longer to celebrate the big day, but since I can't, I just want them to know that I'm celebrating over here! </div>
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I love you, Jenn and Lee, and I'm so happy we're sisters :-)</div>
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Happy Birthday, Jenn and Lee! I'm so happy that the both of you are in my life. You are my little sisters and my friends. You both are very special people, and I'm excited for what God has in store for your lives. I love you so much and can't wait until the next time I see you! </div>
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Happy New Year! We hope that everyone had a very blessed Christmas season!</div>
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Jen and I arrived back in Romania late Wednesday night after a nice week and a half trip home for Christmas. Our Christmas break had been much anticipated these past couple of months, and it was great to have some time with our friends and family.</div>
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We arrived home just in time for Christmas Eve so it was pretty busy right from the jump. We both were on strange sleeping schedules for the first few days home, but nobody wants to spend their time at home sleeping so we tried to push through :-) </div>
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Right in the middle of our time at home, most of my family took a little weekend trip to southern California to visit my Uncle Bill and to see Vanderbilt play against USC. We stopped by Jen's house on the way to pick her up. It was a lot of fun to get so see our college coaches and to watch our old team play. It's not very often that they make a trip all the way out to the West coast so it was neat that it worked out with our schedule.</div>
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Now, it's back to work. Our team finished up the first half of the season pretty much exactly where we would like to be. We are in 1st place in the Romanian league standings, and we are in the Final Four of both the Romanian Cup and the Central European Women's League. We will hit the ground running the month of January and into early February with some very important games so that will be fun.</div>
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On Tuesday, we leave for a trip to Brno, Czech Republic for a Central European League game. It will be a good challenge for us to start of 2013. We'll keep you posted :-)</div>
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Visiting the Ronald Reagan Museum - well, at least the free parts!</div>
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Hey everyone! We hope everyone had a great weekend. We sure did! We found out a couple of weeks ago that we were going to have this past weekend completely off since we had a little break in our game schedule. Once we got that information, Jen and I immediately started searching for places that we could travel to for 3 days. Europe has several very cheap airlines so we narrowed down our options based on which airline had cheap flights on the days we were free. After lots of research, we decided to go to Thessaloniki, Greece. One of the main reasons that we chose to go here was because we wanted to walk in the footsteps of St. Paul. He preached in Thessaloniki, and also in Philippi (a nearby city). Not to mention, there are 3 books of the Bible addressed to the citizens of those two cities. We thought it would be fascinating to get to see these places firsthand. </div>
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Neither of us had ever been to Greece before so this was an exciting trip. Early Friday morning, we got picked up in Arad and drove to Budapest, Hungary to catch our flight. Everything went very smoothly, and before we knew it, we were in Thessaloniki. We took a bus into the center of the city and then went about finding our hostel. We met some very nice people along the way who helped to point us in the right direction. Once we checked in and dropped off our stuff, we headed back out to explore and find some food. </div>
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We walked through some narrow little streets and eventually made it down to the water. Thessaloniki is built right along the Thermaic gulf, and there is a nice walking/biking path that goes right along the water. We made it there in time to see the sun setting, and it was gorgeous. The only bad part about this day was that we were quite unprepared for how cold it was. Jen, in particular, was pretty miserable. The breeze coming off the water was pretty chilly so we picked up our pace a little. Once we decided that we had had about as much cold as we could take, we headed to find a warm restaurant to have some dinner. We found a cute little pizza place which turned out to be delicious! After dinner, we speed walked back to our hostel to try to warm up and get a good night's sleep.</div>
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We woke up early the next morning to go to Mass because it was a holy day of obligation (the Immaculate Conception). Fittingly, the closest Catholic church to our hostel was the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception :-) When we arrived at the church, the doors were locked. There was a woman and her two children outside so we decided to ask them if they knew what was going on. The woman spoke very good English and told us later that evening, the bishop was going to be celebrating Mass, and most people were probably going to attend that Mass. She told us to go and ask the priest to come and say Mass for us. About ten minutes later, the priest came down and unlocked the basement chapel for Mass. It was really amazing to hear Mass in Greek. It was interesting to hear some Greek words that we were already familiar with. After Mass, we were talking to the woman again, and we found out that she was from Slovakia. We love Slovaks :-) She gave us a little information about the city but told us that we should talk to the priest because he probably knew more. We ended up talking to him for about fifteen minutes, and he gave us a lot of information about Thessaloniki and also about Philippi, another city that we were planning on going to see. </div>
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Next up, we headed to the main bus station to buy our tickets to Kavala (and eventually to Philippi). This is where things got a bit interesting. The bus tickets were a little more expensive than we had expected which was not a problem in itself. The problem was that they did not accept credit cards. As we were planning this trip, we paid for most of the big expenses before we even left (bus, plane, hostel). We brought about 60 Euros, 50 US dollars, and a credit card. We figured that we would really only use the cash for food. Well, it turns out that almost no restaurants accept credit cards in Thessaloniki. Plus, since it was a holiday, no exchange places were open. We were momentarily bummed, thinking that we weren't going to be able to go to Philippi, but then, we came up with a plan. The previous day, we had bought some groceries at Carrefour, a grocery store. My credit card had worked fine there. So, we decided to go back there and find someone who would allow us to buy their groceries with the credit card in exchange for cash. We got turned down a couple of times and were pretty close to giving up when another woman walked in the store. For some reason, I just had a good feeling about her :-) I explained the situation, and she said she would be happy to help us. I told her to take her time shopping, and we would be waiting near the front of the store. We were probably looking pretty sketchy since we kept approaching random people, and we weren't doing any shopping...we could see the security guards keeping a close eye on us. At one point, Jen approached someone who worked at the store to explain our situation just so that they knew we weren't trying to steal something :-) Finally, the woman finished shopping. We checked out without any problems. The woman paid us in Euros, and then we helped her carry her groceries to her apartment. All in all, our plan worked out great :-)</div>
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Now that we had money, we headed back to the bus station to buy our tickets to go to Philippi. The bus ride was about two hours long, but the drive was beautiful. Greece is a really pretty country. We took the opportunity to read Paul's letters to the Thessalonians and to the Philippians. It is so incredible to see the historical roots of our faith! When we arrived in Kavala, we changed buses to go to Philippi. We asked some people on the bus to help us figure out which stop to get off at so that we could see the ancient part of the city. They did exactly what we asked - it just turns out that where we got dropped off was pretty much in the middle of nowhere...and it was raining :-) All throughout the planning process, we figured that there would be people around to answer questions and things like that. We were wrong. There was literally not a person in sight. So, we began exploring by ourselves. Luckily, we had done some research before we left so we had a general idea of what to expect and what to look for. It was very interesting. We spent about 4 hours exploring, and then we waited to catch the bus back to Kavala and then ultimately back to Thessaloniki.</div>
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The next morning, we went back to Mass at the Cathedral. Mass was beautiful, as always. Afterwards, we were walking around just looking at the church, and an old, retired priest approached Jen and asked her where she was from. When she explained that we were Americans just visiting for a few days, he told us to follow him. He took us to the parish hall where they were having tea, coffee, and Greek breakfast pastries. It was great. People were very friendly to us, and we enjoyed getting to meet some of the locals. </div>
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Ryanair is a cheap European airline. In order to offer such cheap fares, they have a lot of very strict rules, and you can pretty much be sure that you will be somewhat isolated from the main airport. Here we are walking to our gate...a little tent outside :-)</div>
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Being the super cheap travelers that we are, we were prepared with sandwiches :-)</div>
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After changing our clothes, we headed back out to see the city.</div>
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Cute little restaurant - we went to Cinque Terre, Italy a few months ago...gorgeous place</div>
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Pedestrian street lined with restaurants</div>
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In front of the Thermaic Gulf</div>
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She looks like she is enjoying the weather, but it was actually freezing :-)</div>
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Walking along the water</div>
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They had lots of activities going on while we were there - a carnival, a Christmas market with an ice skating rink, etc.</div>
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Jen in front of the White Tower</div>
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The White Tower is sort of the symbol of Thessaloniki</div>
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The pizza was great!</div>
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In the basement chapel where we went to Mass on Saturday</div>
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Making our way to Carrefour after finding out that we didn't have enough money to pay for our bus tickets :)</div>
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The Church of Agia Sofia - It was built in the 7th century, and it is a scale model of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul</div>
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Waiting in Carrefour - looking sketchy</div>
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These little "chapels" were all over the city</div>
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About to get on the bus to go to Kavala</div>
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Jen looking a bit worried after our bus just dropped us off in Philippi - it was rainy and there were no people around</div>
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The city is almost entirely ruins so you have to use your imagination quite a bit</div>
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The pillars in the distance used to be a basilica</div>
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In Acts 16, we read about St. Lydia, a woman in Philippi who heard St. Paul preach and wanted to be baptized. She was the first Christian woman in Europe. </div>
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Another chapel</div>
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The place where St. Lydia was baptized by St. Paul. Acts 16:14-15 says, "And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple in the city of Thyatira, a worshiper of God, listened. And the Lord opened her heart to be receptive to what Paul was saying. And when she had been baptized, with her household, she pleaded with us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, enter into my house and lodge there." And she convinced us."</div>
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This church that was built on the site of St. Lydia's baptism</div>
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Back to the same pizza place because he was willing to let us pay in US dollars...and because it was delicious :-)</div>
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I took this picture for my Dad...I thought he might appreciate it :-)</div>
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The Church of Saint Demetrious, the patron saint of Thessaloniki</div>
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Relics of St. Demetrious</div>
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Inside the church. The church was originally built in 313 but was destroyed several times by fires. It was also converted into a mosque at one point when the Ottomans took over the city.</div>
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In front of the Roman Forum of Thessaloniki</div>
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Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597608148810128812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591311261626324886.post-70263407973739441492012-12-03T06:20:00.001-08:002012-12-03T06:20:57.793-08:00Trip to PragueHey everyone! First of all, Happy Advent! I can't believe that Christmas is coming so soon. We pray that everyone will take time in the upcoming weeks to prepare their hearts for the coming of the Savior.<br />
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In other news, it snowed today! The ground is still a bit too warm for it to stick, but it was really coming down when we woke up this morning. I'm pretty sure that cold weather is here to stay. For a while, it had been tricking us, going back and forth between cold weeks and warm weeks, but it seems as though the cold weather won't be going anywhere anytime soon.<br />
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Sorry it has been a little while since our last blog update. The month of November was packed with games! We are undefeated in our Central European league, and we have one loss in Romanian league. We have some important games coming up in December before we go home for Christmas!<br />
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Last week, we traveled to Prague for a Central European league game. Jen and I have had the opportunity to go to Prague several times, and it is one of our favorite European cities. We knew that we probably wouldn't have a lot of time to explore the city, but we were sure gonna try. We left Tuesday morning at about 8:00 am and arrived at about 8:00 pm. It was a long day on the bus, but it didn't seem too bad. Jen was in the middle of the second book of the Hunger Games series, and I had downloaded a few podcasts that I was really excited to listen to so we had activities to keep us busy. <br />
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On Wednesday morning, we woke up, ate breakfast, and then immediately left to head into the center of the city for a couple hours. We had to be back at 1:30 for shootaround so we were trying to pack a lot into a little bit of time. Jen, Kari, Kitsy, Cristina (our trainer), and I left our hotel to go to the train station. A very sweet man at the hotel we were staying at loaned us 500 Czech crown to buy our train tickets since there were no exchange places near where we were staying. The train ride into the center of Prague only took about fifteen minutes. We met some very helpful people on the train who helped us figure out where we should get off. The last time that Jen and I were in Prague was about 2 years ago, but it was neat to see that we still sort of knew our way around the city. This turned out to be a good thing since we were working with such little time, we were able to really maximize it by having some sense of where the major landmarks were. <br />
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First, we stopped in Wenceslas Square. It is part of the New Town of Prague, and it is filled with lots of restaurants and shops. It is also the site of their annual Christmas Market. The Christmas Market was being set up while we were there, but it wasn't quite finished. Next, we headed to Old Town. Old Town is beautiful and historical. It's one of our favorite parts of Prague. The last thing that we had time to see was the Charles Bridge. It connects Old Town Prague with the Prague Castle and all of the other parts of the city across the Vltava River. The bridge is gorgeous. It is lined all the way across on both sides with statues depicting events of Jesus' life and death and various saints. We would have loved to visit the castle and the gorgeous Catheral inside the castle walls, but we had a train to catch! <br />
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We headed back the way we came, passing through Old Town. Kitsy decided to stop at Starbucks for a hot chocolate. Little did we know that this "quick" stop would take about fifteen minutes! We ended up having to run the rest of the way to the train station...not the best part of the trip, but the good part is that we made the train :-) It was a whirlwind tour of the city, but we were very happy that we were able to see it again!<br />
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Jen and Kitsy burning off a little energy after lunch :-)</div>
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Jen reading the second book in the Hunger Games series</div>
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Waiting for the train</div>
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This was a nice train...very smooth and quiet</div>
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Picture on the train</div>
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Nativity in New Town - this is where the Christmas Market will be set up</div>
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Wenceslas Square</div>
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On our way to Old Town</div>
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Old Town - with the famous clock and the beautiful church</div>
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Jen made a quick stop at Starbucks to get a "blueberry muffin," or at least that's what she told me. She surprised me later that night with a piece of cheesecake :-) What a good friend :-)</div>
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Reminiscing about old times :-)</div>
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In honor of our friend, Hilary Lynch :-) We met Hilary in Prague 2 years ago while on a free tour around the city. We have kept in touch with each other's adventures through Facebook :-)</div>
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I don't actually know the real name of this church. We just call it the Adam and Eve church. We learned on our free tour a couple of years ago that the two towers represent Adam and Eve. The tower on the left is slightly smaller (Eve), and the tower on the right is slightly bigger (Adam). There was more to it than that, but that's what stuck with us :-)</div>
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Jen and Cristina</div>
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Group picture with St. Vitus Cathedral in the background - Jen and I went to Mass there a couple of years ago. It was soooo beautiful! The stained glass was awesome!</div>
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My nice black/purple eye that I got from one of my teammates in practice :-)</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Tina and I have prepared a Thanksgiving meal every year we have played overseas. It is something we both look forward to. This year we did not have an oven so we had to improvise and prepare by stove. Below is a picture of what we made!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Before we ate our food, we prayed, "Bless us, O Lord, and these Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty, through Christ our Lord. Amen." Then we both talked about the things we are thankful for. For the past 8 years, Tina and I have been away from home and always celebrate Thanksgiving together. Even though we aren't with our family, we always remember our family and say a prayer for their protection. </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Today is a special reminder for us all to be thankful to our Creator. God should be remembered today and every day of the year. So while it's true that Thanksgiving only comes but once a year, we should actually celebrate our thankfulness each and every day. It's just a matter of learning to live with a spirit of gratitude.</b></span></div>
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As our last blog post mentioned, we had two days off this past weekend due to an unexpected game cancellation. It was a nice surprise. Although it was very last minute, Jen, Kari, and I got to work quickly researching nearby cities/countries, finding hostels, trying to rent a car, etc.</div>
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After lots of discussion, we decided to go to Belgrade, Serbia. Saturday morning, we rented a car with the help of our team president and started our trip. It was only about a 3 and a half hour drive which wasn't bad at all. We didn't know there was a time change so we actually ended up gaining an hour. We found our hostel without too much trouble, checked in, and then spent the rest of our first day wandering around the city. It started getting dark very early there (like around 4:30) so once we could no longer see, we headed back to our hostel to get some advice on good restaurants. We ended up going to the Bohemian Quarter which is an old cobblestone street with lots of restaurants and hangouts. We found a place that served traditional Serbian food, and it turned out to be a winner.</div>
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We had planned to meet Kari back at the hostel around 10:00. When we got back, all we wanted to do was sit down for a while! After we rested for a bit, the three of us set out to see a few more of the sights. We walked down the pedestrian street called Knez Mihailova, and then headed to the Kalemegdan Fortress, probably the most famous structure in Belgrade. </div>
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The first hour and a half of our drive was pretty uneventful. At that point, our GPS just stopped working. It was sitting up on the dashboard doing a fine job, and then it just decided to shut off for no reason. I'm thankful that it worked long enough to at least get us out of Belgrade and onto the highway. We had to ask for directions and make a few guesses, but we eventually made it to the Romanian border. Once we got there, we knew we would be able to make it back without too many problems. We did sit at the border for quite a while, however. We don't know exactly what was going on except that there was a lot of yelling and people getting out of their cars :-) Luckily, once we finally made it to the front of the line, they didn't give us much of a hassle, and we were back on our way. </div>
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Although it went by very quickly, it was a good trip. It was nice to get away and see a new country. </div>
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Although it was our first time in Serbia, here are a couple of random things that we noticed:</div>
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-People were very friendly to us. We had been told that Serbians don't really like Americans very much we weren't really sure what to expect, but we were very pleasantly surprised. Every person that we asked for help tried to help us. We had several people actually walk us to where we were trying to go when we asked them for directions!</div>
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-Most of the Serbians spoke very good English, and they spoke it confidently. Sometimes when we ask people in other countries, "Do you speak English?", they respond, "A little", or "Not really." We generally go on to find that their English, while maybe not perfect, is completely understandable and perfectly adequate to help us with whatever we need. </div>
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-As a general rule, Serbians are tall! Jen, Kari, and I are not exactly short women. We are used to standing out in most crowds. We were still taller than most of the people but not by much.</div>
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The month of November is pretty packed with games so we probably won't have another weekend like that for a while. I'm glad we got to take advantage of this opportunity to travel. </div>
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"Do not fear what may happen tomorrow. The same everlasting Father who cares for you today will care for you tomorrow and every day. Either He will shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace then and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginings." -St. Francis de Sales</div>
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We had to stop and take a picture crossing into Serbia. We tried to stop at a sign before this one, but we got yelled at to get back in our car. So we tried again at this sign :-)</div>
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The Serbian language uses an entirely different alphabet called the Cyrillic alphabet. This presented some problems for us when we were trying to get around town since we couldn't read a single street name...but we managed :-)</div>
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Kari and Jen in front of the 'Palata Srbije' or 'Palace of Serbia'. It wasn't much to look at. Clearly, Kari was disappointed.</div>
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Walking across the bridge from New Belgrade to Old Belgrade.</div>
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On the bridge with New Belgrade in the background.</div>
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After visiting Saborna crkva (St. Michael's Cathedral)</div>
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As we were walking through a park, we saw this completely random exhibit of pictures of all 50 states so of course we had to take pictures with our states!</div>
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A bunch of old men playing chess :-)</div>
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The kitchen at our hostel</div>
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Skadarlija, the Bohemian quarter</div>
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Enjoying a little Serbian wine :-)</div>
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Expensive dinner! It's so strange traveling from country to country and trying to figure out the conversion. This bill for 4,470 Serbian dinar is equivalent to about $50.</div>
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Kari feeling rich :-)</div>
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After dinner, we went to an Italian restaurant because we had seen cheesecake on the menu. The cheesecake was not exactly what we were expecting, but we ate it anyways. Then, Kari ordered chocolate cake which turned out to be more like a combination of mousse and fudge...it didn't last long :-)</div>
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Back to the hostel by about 8:30! Man, we are getting old!!!</div>
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Like I said, Jen and I got up early on Sunday morning to go to Mass. I set the alarm at 5:45 to get up, shower, eat, and then still have time to walk to the church by 7:00. After walking for about an hour, we ended up at this place. I was certain that it was pretty close to 8:00 and that we had missed any Masses that had started at 7:00. Then I saw the time on that building, and said, "That can't possibly be the correct time, right?" Jen sort of smiled and said, "Ya, that must be the right time. I forgot to change the time on the alarm last night." :-) So in reality, we actually got up at 4:45 and left at 5:45 to try to find a church with 7 am Mass. It's a good thing we went to bed at 9:00 :-)</div>
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Hram Svetog Save (St. Sava Temple)</div>
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St. Sava Temple is the largest Orthodox Church in the Balkans, and it is one of the ten largest church buildings in the world.</div>
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About to walk down the famous pedestrian street 'Knez Mihailova'</div>
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The Kalemegdan Fortress - they were having all kinds of different fights in front of the entrance to the fortress. The fortress, which rests on the rocks at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers, has a 7,000 year history in which it has been conquered 77 times.</div>
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<br />Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597608148810128812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591311261626324886.post-56290675669578523742012-11-01T14:22:00.000-07:002012-11-01T14:22:23.760-07:00Happy All Saints' Day :-)Happy All Saints' Day! For your All Saints' Day listening pleasure, Jen and I recommend this song by Matt Maher: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-labIH9tSg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-labIH9tSg</a> (It's one of our faves)<br />
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Today was a nice day. Jen and I went to Mass this morning, had lunch at our team restaurant, took a nap, lifted weights, and then went to practice in the evening. <br />
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We were supposed to have a big game this weekend, but for some reason, the game got cancelled. It will be rescheduled at some point, but we don't know when. The good news about this is...WE GET TWO DAYS OFF THIS WEEKEND! We have two practices tomorrow, and then Jen, Kari, and I are planning on getting away for the weekend. Our plans are still in the works, but we are thinking about renting a car and going to Serbia. It's pretty last minute, but sometimes those trips are the most fun! Hopefully everything goes smoothly :-) Whatever we decide to do, we'll update you when we get back! Have a great weekend!Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597608148810128812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591311261626324886.post-18357799703022794242012-10-21T05:06:00.000-07:002012-10-21T05:06:59.310-07:00Night Out :-)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We are enjoying a very beautiful and relaxing day off today. We were traveling this weekend for a game in Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It was about an eleven hour bus trip (22 hours round trip). We left Friday morning and arrived Friday night. We slept in a hotel, woke up the next morning, played a game at noon, ate some lunch, and got back on the road for the drive home. It was a lot of driving in a short amount of time, but it was honestly not as bad as I was expecting. I think I listened to about 10 podcasts (thank you Catholic Answers!). While we didn't have time to see a lot of the city, we got a sort of bus tour through the center which was nice. Our assistant coach is from Bucharest so she pointed out some of the main attractions and gave us a little bit of a history lesson. We will go back to Bucharest at least once more this season so hopefully we will have a little more time to explore then.</div>
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Things have been going well since our last update. We are currently 6-0 in league play. Our next two games are against the top teams in the league so those games will be a little tougher. We'll let you know how they go. </div>
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Last week, before we left for Bucharest, Jen, Kari, Carla, and I went out for dinner at a Mexican restaurant. As most of you know, Jen and I are pretty cheap so going out to eat is a big deal :-) We figured that we should celebrate completing another month of being in Romania...and getting paid! We had seen this Mexican restaurant a couple of weeks ago when we were at the mall so we made a mental note to go try it out sometime.</div>
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In terms of the actual food, it was an interesting experience. We were all prepared to have the food look and taste a little different than what we're used to, but it was a lot different :-) We ordered chips, salsa, and guacamole to start. Our waitress (the sweetest person ever), asked us if we wanted our chips soft or crunchy). We weren't really sure what soft chips were so we ordered crunchy but asked her if she could bring a few soft ones so that we could try them. Interestingly enough, I actually preferred the soft ones :-) The salsa was pretty spicy (although I'm a pretty big baby when it comes to spicy food so I may not be the best judge), and the consistency of it was not what I expected. It wasn't bad though. The guacamole was pretty good. Next, we ordered our entrees. Carla ordered a quesadilla, Kari and I ordered beef enchiladas, and Jen ordered a chicken burrito. When the food came out, we weren't really sure what was what. The enchiladas were shaped like a pizza, and to be honest, they sort of tasted like a pizza without sauce. They definitely weren't bad, but they sure didn't taste like any enchilada that I've ever had. There was no sauce, very little cheese, and I don't even think they used tortillas. It basically tasted like pizza crust with seasoned hamburger meat and a little cheese. A little dry, but not bad :-) Carla's quesadilla was funny. It was pretty much the same as our enchilada (in terms of ingredients), but it looked like three small calzones. Our enchiladas looked more like quesadillas :-) Jen's burrito was pretty much what we would expect a burrito to look like. None of the food was bad, it just isn't the same as what we would expect to see if we ordered Mexican food in America. </div>
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It was a fun night out. The atmosphere of the restaurant was nice, our waitress was fantastic, and the company was good :-) And as an added bonus, the food was super cheap! The restaurant is offering a 25% discount all during the month of October. Jen and I had ordered together and shared our food, and our bill came to about 42 lei. Sometimes the big numbers here make things seem expensive at first glance, but when we actually figured it out, we were each paying about $6. For chips, salsa, guacamole, beef enchiladas, a chicken burrito, and a side of avocado, $6 isn't too bad :-) Needless to say, we felt pretty good about our big "splurge." </div>
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Ice cream for dessert...only 4 lei! :-)</div>
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Borrowing Carla's hat :-)</div>
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On Tuesday afternoon, we traveled to Targu Mures for our Wednesday evening game. It was a relatively uneventful drive. We did a little reading, a little podcast-listening, and a little talking. In general, it was a good trip. When we arrived at the hotel, we had dinner and then we were free for the night. </div>
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For some reason, we did not have shootaround on Wednesday morning. Instead, we took a team trip to the zoo! That was a nice surprise. I think I have been to the zoo in Europe more than I have been to the zoo in America, and every time I go, I really enjoy it! It's nice being outside and walking around, and animals can be hilarious!</div>
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After a good trip to the zoo, we ate our pregame meal, rested a little bit, and then played at 6. Immediately after the game, we had dinner at the hotel and then got on the road for the drive home. We arrived back in Arad around 2 am. </div>
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The zoo in Targu Mures is the second-largest zoo in Romania</div>
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Visiting the elephant. It smelled horrible!</div>
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Tina and I just wanted to give an update. Basketball is going well. We are undefeated in league play. We have a game on Wednesday and another game on the following Monday. Today was an off day so Tina and I woke up early and went to Mass. After Mass we stopped and had breakfast at McDonald's (very delicious in Europe). After that we walked around the center and went to the park. There is a very nice view of this big Orthodox Church close to the center. It was a beautiful morning, and it was nice to just spend some time outside.</div>
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Enjoying a nice McDonald's breakfast :-)</div>
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Government building in Arad</div>
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Beautiful Orthodox Cathedral - it is pretty much finished on the outside, but the inside is still under construction</div>
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<br />Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597608148810128812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591311261626324886.post-48552623566259546432012-09-27T02:45:00.000-07:002012-09-27T02:45:15.603-07:00Seeing Jence and Other Random Stuff :-)Sorry it has been a little while since our last post! We have pretty much settled into our routine at this point. Official games have begun. We played 2 games last Monday and Tuesday for the Romanian Cup, and our official league play began last Saturday. For our first game in Romanian league, we played against our old teammate from college, Jence Rhoads. It was great to see her! She is as cute as ever :-) Unfortunately, we didn't get to spend much time together since her team got in late on Friday night and then left immediately after the game on Saturday, but it was still good seeing her and getting to catch up a bit. We won't play her team again until after Christmas, but hopefully we will get some time off at some point where we could meet up for a day!<br />
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We have an away game this Saturday in Alexandria, Romania. I have heard different estimates, but I think it's about 10 hours away. In reality, it should probably only take about 6 or 7 hours, but the roads in Romania are pretty awful. Most of the time when we are traveling, we are on a two lane freeway. Passing slower cars is difficult because of oncoming traffic in the other lane, and we are also constantly having to slow down to drive through the small towns. There is also a lot of construction constantly taking place to fix holes, and it is not uncommon for traffic to come to a complete stop to the point where people turn off their engines and get out of their cars. However, my favorite traveling delays are the horses and wagons. Horses and wagons are a fairly common mode of transportation here, especially in smaller towns, and they share the same road as cars and trucks. It sure makes for some slow traveling when you're stuck behind one of them on the freeway! :-) I'll try to take some pictures on this trip so you can see what we see when we're driving through the country.<br />
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After shootaround, the team shoots half court shots for money. It used to be only coach who would put money down (10 lei for the first shot, and then if nobody makes it, 5 lei for the second shot). Chrissy thought it would be a good idea to have each individual person put 2 lei in the pot so that the winnings would get bigger. If nobody makes it, the pot will just carry over until the next game when it will be even bigger. I'm so cheap that I chose to sit this one out rather than put 2 lei in the pot. Jen's so cheap that she decided to play, but she paid in coins - I think it made her feel better.</div>
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Us with Jence after her team's shootaround and before ours :-)</div>
<br />Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597608148810128812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591311261626324886.post-47960000688810867872012-09-17T04:14:00.000-07:002012-09-17T04:14:18.742-07:00Introducing....Carla Bartee!<br />
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Alrighty then!!! What it do you guys?? My name is Carla
Bartee better known as ‘BARTEE’ or ‘BAR - 3’!! I’m bringin’ u greetings from
the GREAT city of mine, PINEVILLE/Waynesboro, & the GREAT state of M I Crooked
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Crooked Letter I HUMP BACK HUMP BACK I (M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I!!!) LOL!! LOL!! Now
since I’ve been in the blog for some weeks now, I’m finally gettin’ on here,
& FORMALLY INTRODUCING myself the way we do it in MISSISSIPPI!! LOL!! </div>
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I tell you, God works in mysterious ways!! I NEVER thought I was going 2 ever play on the
same team with two former SEC opponents!!! And VANDERBILT at that!! LOL!! You know how
they be beatin’ up on people and not carin’ about it!! LOL!! But as we were
playin’ against each other, I never thought about who they were, or that
we were ever gonna meet up again after college.. .But we did, so now I’m
bloggin’ on their blog, cause they were dyin’ for a ‘DOWN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI’
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Anyways, this is my second stint in Romania, and so far things has been good.. Except for the bitin’ MOSQUITOES!!
Geeeeezzzzzzzzzz!! They follow you in the door from coming outside, then into your
room without invitin’ them, and then you go to sleep, and they start bitin’ you!!
They get up with you, and they go to sleep with you!! SHAKIN’ MY DREADS!! Now
don’t get me wrong, Mississippi has mosquitoes (BIG ones, too), but we meet em’
at the door!! Ain’t no comin’ in MY house!! </div>
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One more thing before I wrap up my first blog session. Every time that I (CARLA BARTEE)
ride the tram, I am always gettin’ hounded by a
guy sayin’ that I am someone else!! He be hollarin’ & screamin’ that other
person’s name like I am really her, and she is no longer in the country of
Romania. One of my Romanian teammates
was tellin’ him that I am not her, but he wasn’t hearin’ that!! So while he is
actin’ like he knows me, I just turn my head and stare out the window and
IGNORE him. As long as he doesn’t put
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Until next time, I’m signin’ off the air……………………………..</div>
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I knew that Carla and I were going to be good friends since the first moment I met her. I came to Romania a few days after the other Americans. When I arrived at the apartment, Jen came to my room to greet me. And then she said, "Come on, I want to introduce you to Carla. You're gonna love her." We knocked on her door, and what do you know....we were wearing the same shirt :-)</div>
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This is Carla celebrating the arrival of her bag that had been lost by the airline. Pure joy! If you haven't played overseas before, you might not understand just how exciting something like this would be. All of her most important items were inside: Peanut Butter M&Ms, Skittles, Velveeta Cheesy Skillets, Broccoli and Cheddar Rice Sides, Irish Spring bar soap....you know, the essentials :-) </div>
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I know it's not the best picture, but this is what most of our walls look like. These mosquitoes over here are vicious so we don't mess around. When we see one, we take care of business. Right now Kari LaPlante is leading the way with 'most kills.' She's pretty good.</div>
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Just from reading the blog, you may not have understood what Carla was saying about the man on the tram who thinks she is someone else....so let me explain. There was an American girl who played on the team last season. Her name was Stanecia. She was black and maybe close to Carla's same height, but other than that, there is no real similarity in their appearance. We're not sure exactly how this man knew Stanecia. Anyways, he is completely convinced that Carla is Stanecia. We randomly see him on the tram or around town, and every single time, he tries to talk to Carla as if she is Stanecia. He starts off calling her name sort of sweetly, "Staneciaaaa..." He repeats it a few times before getting a little more serious. Finally, after a few times of Carla not answering to this other girl's name, he gets a little upset and yells her name, "STANECIA!" It is pretty funny! The other day, Carla was on the tram with some of our Romanian teammates so they were able to explain to him that Carla is not who he thinks she is. We'll see if he got the message the next time we see him.</div>
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Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597608148810128812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591311261626324886.post-75793349762786617252012-09-10T05:23:00.000-07:002012-09-10T05:23:02.041-07:00UpdateHey everyone!<br />
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Just wanted to give you all an update since it has been a little while since our last post. We have been on the go! I (Tina) arrived on August 23rd so I have been here for 18 days. Of those 18 days, we have been in other cities/countries for 11 of them.<br />
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After we came back from Slovakia, we had a couple days of practice. On a normal day we have practice at 11:00 in the morning and 6:00 in the evening. We lift weights on our own schedule so Jen and I usually try to get in at least 3 lifts a week depending on our travel/game schedule. <br />
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Our club arranged for us to play some "friendly" games before our season officially starts. We left for Miskolc, Hungary on Thursday, August 30th. We played against Miskolc on Friday and then left after the game to drive to Satu Mare, Romania. We played Satu Mare on Saturday and Sunday and then drove back to Arad. We had a few more days of practice in Arad, and then on Wednesday, September 5th, we left to drive to Targoviste, Romania for a "friendly" tournament. On Thursday, we played a team from Athens, Greece. Friday we played Targoviste, and Saturday we played Satu Mare. All I can say is that 6 games in 9 days is a lot of games! Thankfully, we have a day off today! <br />
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***Just want to say congratulations to my little sisters, Jennifer and LeeAnne, on their big win in the Seton 3 on 3 tournament this past weekend :-) And a special congratulations to their coach, Joe Wirth, for leading them to victory!!! <br />
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The president of our team dropped us off at a swap meet sort of thing because we needed to buy some things. He told us it is where the locals shop because it's really cheap. As we were shopping, it started pouring so all of the shop owners put their stuff away. We thought about waiting it out, but it didn't seem like it was going to stop anytime soon, so we walked home in the rain :-)</div>
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Walking around the center of Miskolc before the game</div>
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The money on the left is Romanian lei, and the money on the right is Hungarian forints. It looks she is loaded, but it's really less than $20 total. </div>
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Walking around Satu Mare, Romania</div>
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Satu Mare</div>
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One of the Catholic churches in Satu Mare. Jen and I got to go to Holy Mass here on Sunday.</div>
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Outside of the Greek Catholic Church</div>
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One of the Orthodox churches</div>
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Stuck in the elevator between the 2nd and 3rd floors.....SOOOO hot in there!!! Thankfully, our president, Marcel, saved us :-)</div>
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Going for an evening snack run to Carrefour</div>
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We taught some of our teammates how to play Farkle. Now that they know the rules, we decided to make it a little more interesting :-)</div>
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Adela was the winner.....and she was the only one in the group who hadn't played before. Beginner's luck.</div>
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Losers...</div>
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Walking around Targoviste</div>
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The Orthodox Cathedral in Targoviste</div>
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Me helping Carla with her hair. She left it like this for 2 days :-)</div>
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St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Arad, Romania. This will be our church for the next 8 months :-)</div>
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This year we are playing in Arad, Romania! Two years ago
when we were playing in Presov, Slovakia, we had a game against I.C.I.M Arad in
the Central European League. We played this team in the Championship in
Arad. We were a little familiar with the
team before we signed our contract. I.C.I.M (pronounced – E-cheem) is a club with
a lot of tradition! Basketball is very popular in this city and the games
usually draw a crowd of +2,000 crazy fans! ICIM is a top team in Romania every
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The city Arad is located in the western part of Romania. The
population of the city is 180,000.
Romania has its own currency called the RON. One very exciting thing
about living in Romania is the cost of living is very inexpensive! One US Dollar is equivalent to 3.5 LEI. I have been buying these chocolate wafer candy bars that are .75 LEI. You do the math! I pay about 16 cents for this
candy bar! I get excited every time I spend money because I’m actually not
spending a lot of money at all! It makes me think of when I’m visiting Tina and
her family in Arizona. Her dad loves shopping at Ranch Market, which is a
Farmer’s Market store very close to their home. He will go there and buy a ton
of produce and come back home and have us guess how much money he spent. To
give you an idea of how amazingly cheap it is, you can buy 4 cartons of
strawberries for $1 or 7 cucumbers for $1. So amazing. I’m excited right now
thinking about it. I can’t wait for him to visit us so we can go shopping for
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This year our team will compete in the Romanian league and
in the Central European League. In the
Romanian league you are allowed to have 6 foreigners. So this year we have 5
Americans, 1 Serbian, and 5 Romanians. After
we signed with ICIM, we looked up the other Americans on our team and we
actually knew who they were! (Basketball feels like such a small circle the
longer you continue to play) Kari LaPlante is a 6’5 post player who lives outside
of Phoenix, AZ. She took a visit to Vanderbilt when Tina and I were sophomores,
but played her collegiate career at the University of Southern California. Chrissy Givens is a 5’10 guard from Louisiana,
but played at Middle Tennessee State. I remember her having an amazing career
at MTSU. Carla Bartee is 5’11 post
player and a little more familiar to Tina and I because we played against her
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Here are a couple of pictures from our team picture day:</div>
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The whole team</div>
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Me and Jen</div>
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Carla killing a bee that just stung Jen</div>
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SEC! Vandy vs. Ole Miss :-)</div>
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All of the Americans - Kari LaPlante (far right - USC), Carla Bartee (middle - Ole Miss), Chrissy Givens (far right - Middle Tennessee State University)</div>
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Saturday morning, August 25, we had a light conditioning workout at 9:30am. After that workout, we were free until our Monday morning workout at 11am. Immediately the wheels in my head were turning, ‘Where should I go? What should I do?’ That’s when I talked to Peter, one of my friends from Slovakia, and we made a plan to travel to Slovakia for our short weekend break. Tina, Kari, and I rented a car and drove to Slovakia after practice. It took us 5 ½ hours to get there, but we made it Saturday evening.</div>
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Tina and I were very excited to see our old city and friends from Presov. When we first found out that we were going to be playing in Romania this year, we were excited knowing that we would be pretty close to Slovakia. Slovakia is a beautiful country. We tried to explain to Kari that it is a very innocent and peaceful country with great food, beautiful nature, and great people. There's just something about it that we love, but you can't really appreciate it unless you've been there. </div>
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I knew that Kari liked to hike from our conversations through the week so I talked to my friends about hiking Slovensky Raj (Translated: Slovak Paradise). Tina and I hiked here with a group of 12 friends our second year in Slovakia and had a blast so we knew Kari would like it. Overall, our trip was pretty amazing. We were only there for about 24 hours, but we packed A LOT into that amount of time! It was nice catching up with old friends. One thing Tina and I were excited to eat was our Croatia ice cream! We love that stuff. </div>
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Before our hike on Sunday morning, we met up with our friends at 5:45am Mass at our favorite church, St. Nicholas. After the hike, we went to Peter’s house to hang out for a little bit. I took a nap and Peter played his guitar. We were killing a little bit of time before we had dinner at Katka’s house. Her mom made a delicious meal. We had soup, turkey, rice, French fries, and vegetables. She made sure we were ready for our car ride home!</div>
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We hadn't been driving for more than 10 minutes when we got lost and had to turn around. Jen tried to make a simple 3 point turn when we realized that none of us knew how to put the rental car in reverse! It was a pretty narrow street, and we couldn't pull forward any more or else we would have driven into a ditch. So Kari and I got out of the car and pushed it backwards! :-) We tried to ask for help, but nobody could figure it out. Once we got to Hungary, we found somebody who was able to teach us how to do it! :-)</div>
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Here we are at the Catholic community that some of our friends are a part of. We came here hoping to ask some of the nuns if they could call our friend, Peter. After trying to speak some random Slovak words and doing a few charades, it worked :-)</div>
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Yummmm....Croatia ice cream! We miss this so much!</div>
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Kari in the center of Presov, Slovakia</div>
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Climbing the stairs in St. Nicholas</div>
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We randomly met some little girls from Romania :-)</div>
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Starting our hike in Slovensky Raj (Slovak Paradise)</div>
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Some of the sweetest friends anyone could ever ask for!</div>
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Reenacting a scene from Titanic</div>
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Peter :-)</div>
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Jen leading the way</div>
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When we got to the top of the mountain, we saw that they were celebrating Holy Mass. Gosh, I love Slovakia!</div>
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St. Nicholas :-) This church will always be a special place for Jen and me.</div>
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The center of Presov</div>
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Hi everyone,<br />
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We are in Romania for our 4th season playing professional basketball overseas. It's hard to believe that we are "seniors" in Europe :-) We are playing in a city in the western part of Romania called Arad. It's about a 2 and a half hour drive from Budapest, Hungary. Our team is called ICIM Arad. <br />
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We are on the road right now playing some friendly games, but as soon as we get back, we will update you on our first week in Romania. <br />
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Love,<br />
Jen and Tina<br />
<br />Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597608148810128812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591311261626324886.post-49976728849006454192011-12-04T13:47:00.001-08:002011-12-04T15:34:38.240-08:00Santarem, Portugal<div align="left">On our drive home from Fatima, we took a short detour to Santarem, Portugal. Santarem is a small town about 45 minutes north of Lisbon. I had never heard of it until about a month before I found out that we were coming to Portugal. I was reading a book, and the book mentioned a Eucharistic Miracle that had occurred in Santarem in the 13th century.</div><div align="left"><br />The basic story is this: A husband and wife were living in Santarem, and for some reason (I think that the husband was being unfaithful), the wife decided to seek help from a sorceress. The woman wanted the sorceress to put some sort of a spell on the husband so that he would love her. The sorceress told the woman that she could help, but first, the woman had to bring her a consecrated host. The next time that the woman went to Mass, she received Holy Communion but immediately took the host out of her mouth and put it in a handkerchief. The host started to bleed, and others at the church started to notice the blood, thinking that the woman was hurt. Some tried to see if she was ok, but she ran from the church. When she arrived home, she was frightened so she put the host in a chest in her bedroom. That night, a bright light began shining from the chest, and it woke up the woman and her husband. She told him what she had done. The two of them spent the night kneeling in adoration. The next day, the woman informed the local priest, and he came and took the host back to the church, placing it in a wax reliquary where it continued to bleed for three days.<br /><br />In 1340, nearly 80 years later, another miracle occurred. When the priest opened the tabernacle, he saw that the wax reliquary which had previously been holding the Sacred Host, had been broken into many pieces. In its place was a beautiful crystal vase. To this day, it is still possible to see this miracle.<br /><br />When we arrived in Santarem, we didn't really know where to go. The book I had read said that the miracle was in the Church of St. Stephen. I asked a couple of people where that church was, but they didn't know what I was talking about. Finally, I was able to explain that we wanted to see the Eucharistic Miracle. A taxi driver was very helpful and explained that the church is now known simply as the Church of the Miracle. He gave absolutely perfect directions which was very impressive because the church is located on a very narrow street almost hidden between buildings - we never would have found it without help!<br /><br />When we arrived at the church, we saw pictures and information explaining the miracle. As we were about to enter the church, Jen and I heard people singing in English - and it was a song we knew! We walked in and realized that they were finishing Mass, so we waited quietly in the back. When Mass was over, someone announced that it was possible to walk up the stairs behind the altar to get a closer look at the miracle (all of this was being said in English). We got in line with the group, and as we were waiting, we discovered that the group was on a pilgrimage. Half of the group was from the Philippines, and the other half was from Southern California (specifically Riverside - basically the same area where Jen is from). Jen and some of the other people were talking about where they go to church and different priests they know - such a small world! It was pretty cool that we just happened to be at the church at the same time as this group!<br /><br />Getting to see this miracle was incredible. Whenever I am able to read about or see something like this, it just really causes me to stop and think about what an indescribable gift we have in the Eucharist. Praise Jesus! :-)<br /><br />If you want to read more about this miracle, here are two links: http://therealpresence.org/eucharst/mir/english_pdf/Santarem1.pdf<br />http://therealpresence.org/eucharst/mir/english_pdf/Santarem2.pdf<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682393551186442130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmDw3rwtR483tRnjLww_5hSLs8IPchozDbb0MiesNHuCNMdeWWhbIawDGY3Nv2zBmXZAfYPyQOcsEtpapHd_i1N1c6p8YSiC0KFDQcYUBiMlX-f9RQH6LXfOcsB3IzvagkdsDHTKCHoI/s400/IMG_5273.JPG" /><p align="center">Church of the Most Holy Miracle (Igreja do Milagre)<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5z0lptENF_RIwVRY2lEOGbTWB109VnTjlmtQwG2VP2NLrl9Ml0B8BlzJAe-s1DWDt5xOaxKS6k08er2ej47J2WZANiwt0_aoZWOMMc7eIdNhzFQ-fmrnqr5CHLLaBy7EPsYnxdmJPMM/s1600/IMG_5262.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682393867931357378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo5z0lptENF_RIwVRY2lEOGbTWB109VnTjlmtQwG2VP2NLrl9Ml0B8BlzJAe-s1DWDt5xOaxKS6k08er2ej47J2WZANiwt0_aoZWOMMc7eIdNhzFQ-fmrnqr5CHLLaBy7EPsYnxdmJPMM/s400/IMG_5262.JPG" /></a>The words above the altar say: "Surely the Lord is in this place"<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr6fb8kRkySX5S7ZMJzbjTgbUHU-cTNqR-J5bDBo_jWezHvF2RBOEsn9gyOfF_qcb6GPIh7eoIAZG42EjlHPH_MNXY19SZKp4d9G9ToXIakbogMPJCLotYgTlVc5mgBLfbT64STD0IBDo/s1600/IMG_5268.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 292px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682394002828769586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr6fb8kRkySX5S7ZMJzbjTgbUHU-cTNqR-J5bDBo_jWezHvF2RBOEsn9gyOfF_qcb6GPIh7eoIAZG42EjlHPH_MNXY19SZKp4d9G9ToXIakbogMPJCLotYgTlVc5mgBLfbT64STD0IBDo/s400/IMG_5268.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0qqbZ8jUAmWz8foUNbNy59eN6P5AvI8BaNJONwpJcMxmRjI5-0dgE96Sug0VP42X7NFSMMuDK177szzTVc0VDcvTY_1bqntZozq5cKPNu4-9gNjrOPTrmisCdmxm_SgEgmfMUxwD9W8/s1600/IMG_5270.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682394148640247090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA0qqbZ8jUAmWz8foUNbNy59eN6P5AvI8BaNJONwpJcMxmRjI5-0dgE96Sug0VP42X7NFSMMuDK177szzTVc0VDcvTY_1bqntZozq5cKPNu4-9gNjrOPTrmisCdmxm_SgEgmfMUxwD9W8/s400/IMG_5270.JPG" /></a></p>Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597608148810128812noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591311261626324886.post-86812938248072615972011-12-01T08:14:00.000-08:002011-12-06T07:44:34.987-08:00Day on the Coast<div align="left">Last week, one of the men that works at our club (he also has sons who play for the club) asked us if we wanted to take a little day trip to Cascais (one of the beach cities near Lisbon). We said yes, but we didn't really discuss many details. He told us that he would pick us up from Alges after our morning practice. I thought that we were just going to go to Cascais and have a lazy afternoon on the beach (and that would have been just fine). It turned out that he had much more planned - and his plans were great! We drove all along the coast, and it was beautiful and relaxing. Parts of the road are very similar to the Pacific Coast Highway so Jen and I sort of felt like we were in California :-)<br /><br /></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">We first stopped in Cascais, got some ice cream, and walked around for a little bit. Then, we continued driving to a place called Boca do Inferno (translated it means Hell's Mouth). Alfredo told us that this particular place on the coast often gets very severe storms (big waves and strong winds). The rocky cliffs have some caves underneath them, and when the waves get into the caves, a hissing sound comes out from the rocks. Anyways, we stayed there for a while, and then we got back in the car and continued our trip.<br /><br /></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Our next stop was a place called Cabo da Roca (Cape of the Rock). We learned that it is the westernmost point of continental Europe. It was beautiful, quiet, and peaceful. I would have been content to just sit there for hours looking at the ocean. We really enjoyed it.<br /><br /></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">After spending some time there, it was off to our next stop: Azenhas do Mar. This place is very popular in the summer. There is a big pool that is filled up with salt water from the ocean. The day that we were there, the waves were quite strong and were frequently crashing into the pool - you probably wouldn't have wanted to be in the pool on that day :-) Apparently the waves aren't as strong during the summer :-)<br /><br /></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Our final stop of our daytrip was Sintra. It is a beautiful city about 20 minutes from where we live. One of our teammates lives there, and people kept telling us that we had to go visit Sintra. It is a very charming little town that feels far removed from a big city (in reality, it's not really that far from Lisbon). We parked the car and walked around for a bit. We went to a pastry shop and had hot chocolate and queijadas. Then, we walked over to the palace for a couple of minutes. We didn't have a whole lot of time because we had to get back for our evening practice. I know there is a lot that we didn't get to see this time, but I'm sure we will go back.<br /><br /></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">All in all, it was a wonderful day. We got to see parts of Portugal that we had not seen yet - it's a beautiful country! I think the fact that we didn't know what the plan was made it even better. Thank you for an amazing day, Alfredo!!! :-)<br /><br /></div><div align="left"> <br /></div><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681194536171580274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLH7hC8WqKHpr65ObURD4upIMAbj-HxKWL1nP0P4HSSdCNX6P4mjWirf_i_ua-5apnCbSyQSQsg6NglzwATCm01asd2F9KH_T8ws9XZAzLJvbBKr9nBWtYJyW3eVqWUxKvgndidPqnUto/s400/IMG_5465.JPG" /><p align="center">Beginning of our beautiful day on the coast</p><br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681194813663557698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL9gaPRZTsywYGlteZ9cJEudT1M_LWREB39RqkVdFrZdeWbc7CmCb_cwsbiXw-uj7_nt6mh9ICoJ003BG_AFg8CreVPYxT7A9du5laBV8rFUwEbNoRRzHe3o8z7cEKk9abV4dwrMQiZL4/s400/IMG_5471.JPG" /><p align="center">Boca Do Inferno (Hell's Mouth)<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyN6Pjm1vfblsKNM6_E-eqIOWY6eOZR6cHRePdiBY_N6S0DnqkOfaUHWf0MFvmv4i5dCk2lQRI847a6WPqW5-KsmjOpEWs63jBivHFzUbxcLSbJAvHI00usdOLiigV2vRKzIfUyRbkztw/s1600/IMG_5473.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681195785488746050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiURgp7QnwUy6OwsyfdPyHWIZvIvJoQrKLMJaFqN_-Ovd_YXBo91OJcHFq1xnYFnOKAQlVzeQg_NRdukvdBs8bbIZL76gSAxmcFzE8Mce_4bLs6gPoJ-yrDi7K8eO6lkJl0ehRWhAvqIhs/s400/IMG_5476.JPG" /><p align="center">Jen and Alfredo<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1gGxMfKniMr-eHSQHupmezR51ld_fpDvyQVzWw7dcUCi7arJDaReg7n93RuaIkUFRrviO7okuhxphKq3WcbWG7zpx5678YHc-nTn2t0zwL6AoQwtl1hOrmY49lDx0Ob_t06yyDhQEvg/s1600/IMG_5483.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681196302115495730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1gGxMfKniMr-eHSQHupmezR51ld_fpDvyQVzWw7dcUCi7arJDaReg7n93RuaIkUFRrviO7okuhxphKq3WcbWG7zpx5678YHc-nTn2t0zwL6AoQwtl1hOrmY49lDx0Ob_t06yyDhQEvg/s400/IMG_5483.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyrJP_gCwD5-ny3THuaf-vaLWVoSY_FxMJm-yhxxJiY6JHziwu_VlnXxvc7T9F9i1MA5UAdoo7ZUemPtmmASufk98tOrSGLoQrexXQJI2StEbj00LWnKQHfGPdkSfSxqiIWNkR8IXi7xk/s1600/IMG_5500.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681196569582257906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyrJP_gCwD5-ny3THuaf-vaLWVoSY_FxMJm-yhxxJiY6JHziwu_VlnXxvc7T9F9i1MA5UAdoo7ZUemPtmmASufk98tOrSGLoQrexXQJI2StEbj00LWnKQHfGPdkSfSxqiIWNkR8IXi7xk/s400/IMG_5500.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681196998122957810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4OpkogGnxz_LEa2_-6nRo9ZUPkztMfDuDxPx-3UT5OMsARGBSQL-olzIHKJezQr6MZzNW9Ir8em9pvRB87wJgsgpXpq42mXmicWpv1K77-LX1jBPgyM5Mta3h1A8t1t99aPra0t1S6_A/s400/IMG_5507.JPG" /><p align="center">Cabo da Roca (Cape of the Rock): This is the westernmost part of mainland Portugal and of continental Europe. </p><p align="center"><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZu2FbovSafT5fmGdGAxxUMbOFCT_WI_-Net71r5Z-QxnRtSWToIvu5OFHbPv8wN5TAavZe7O_uJv1oG4K3PN7zNVgNEMeEdK-t2QgL31VUzkZAPM9XLjSN7LDQxo_WfiVcn6VY3sHYrI/s1600/IMG_5508.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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