Blog #5

Blog #5 by Brendan and Mark The day started off a little restlessly... Mike was snoring along with the whole other side of the room creating a cascade of noise coming over to the quiet side of the room. After a scrumputous breakfast of crossiants (which we have had every morning and get better everytime according to Nathan.) Around 10 we headed off to the pool not knowing what to expect. The pool was fantastic; probably the best idea of the trip. For the first time in 5 days we actually felt chilled by the ice cold water of the pool. The tempurature reached a mild 38 degrees today so the water felt awesome. After everyone jumps into the pool, we noticed that Rhett was absent. When he came out, he nervously eyes the water and slowly walk to the other side where we were. After some friendly peer pressure, we got him to cannon ball in, after which we observed he was freaking out! We learned that Rhett wasn't a great swimmer. So after some coaxing from Mac and Mike, we gave Rhett some swimming lessons, much to our entertainment. To add to the great time we had pool, Sara also tagged along. Needless to say Sheldon was infatuated to a degree that Sheldon was totally fixated. Sara sensed Sheldon's pressence and procided to push him into the water to break his trance. Turns out he was intensely staring a couple inches south of her face ... we have never seen Sheldon more focussed all trip. After the pool we went out for a lunch of donairs and pizza. Came back to the room afterwards to get out of the heat and enjoyed some time with the boizz. Our first game of the day was against a similiar skilled Greek team. We came out with a good-fought win that was a great reward for a hard game. Our next game went better than expected played against a guy that Mike called "a big guerrilla". I'm pretty sure he had a super-powered laser (even more powerful than the Canadian Gaser). The score ended up being 20-13 which was a great accomplishment against a team that played a close game with the Argentian national team. After the game we came back to the room and then went for supper and then to watch Mark play in the all-star game. The game was awesome playing, playing with the best players from different countries and against the Spainish select team. Mike says I got MVP for getting 2 fast break goals and a yellow card for giving a guy the bussiness. I also "traded" for a ball and a nice Hummel jersey afterwards making it a good night. Signing off with the last blog from the tournament in Spain, Brendan and Mark.