Back in Oz

Trip Start Aug 22, 2008
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Trip End Sep 16, 2008


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Flag of Australia  , Victoria,
Monday, August 25, 2008

After a grueling 15 hour flight out of LAX we arrived safely into Melbourne at 8 am.  Unfortunately, to combat jetlag we had to stay awake and try to go to bed at a "normal time."  It is now 830 pm and I am struggling terribly to keep my eyes open, so bare with me on this first blog entry!  

Not wasting any time in getting into the appropriate footy mood--immidiately after arriving and checking in to our hotel we got to head over to the Telstra Dome to take in a professional match between the Adelaide Hawks and the St. Kilda Saints.  St. Kilda just happens to be my favorite club, so I was thrilled to see them in a game that had playoff implications.  It was a great atmosphere and the Saints ended up winning big.  It certainly got me very excited about playing, as if I weren't already.  

It was quite a scene walking into the stadium with 40 guys dressed exacty alike decked out in red, white, and blue jump suits and white hats.  It's amazing how many people came up to us and asked us questions about the tournament and just in general about how shocked they were that Americans were in Australia to play footy.  For the most part their response was extremely positive, and they're so happy to hear their home grown sport is reaching many corners of the globe.   

We ended up running into the South African team in the stands as well.   They seemed like nice guys, but not many pleasantries were exchanged as they will be one of our toughest matches to get out of our pool and make it to the semi-finals.  Our first match is Vs. Denmark on Wednesday at 1pm.  I think that equals 11pm Tuesday night on the East Coast of the US.  Hopefully everyone will be waking up to good news on Wednesday morning.  

I think that's all for me for tonight.  Hopefully I'll get some pictures up as i go along this trip.  Go USA!
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