Hanging it all out

This past Saturday we traveled to Vienna for our game against the Dragons. The Dragons are an AFL team and one of the better teams we will see all year. For a number of different reasons, we went there with only 20 players. To say that made things a little difficult would be an understatement. Our guys battled it out and hung it in there for 3 quarters. Eventually they just wore us down. It was 17-28 at the beginning of the 4th quarter and we were driving when there was a controversial fumble. They scored on the next play and that was the beginning of the end. We just could not sustain the effort and focus for the whole game with so few players. I am really proud of the players and have no doubt that they hung it all out there and gave everything they had.

Last week on one of our off days I took the opportunity to go down to the local pool/park that everyone had been raving about. It is only a 10 minute walk from my place. When I got there I was quite impressed. It is right along the Rhine river that separates the Swiss Austrian border. The best way to describe it is as a city park with 3 nice pools, a restaurant, an area for beach volleyball and soccer, a couple of slides and a river flowing through as well. All in all a great place. If a person can't have a good time there they can't have a good time anywhere. Next time I go I will be sure to take pictures as well as apply sunscreen all over. I made the mistake of thinking that we wouldn't be there for that long so I need not apply all over. Well we spent the whole day there and I was that guy with streaks all over my back.

That is all I have for now. Hope all is well back home. Take care

--Josh