The worldwide Augustana College experience
We woke up early this morning to take a flight from Trinidad to Tobago. It’s about a twenty minute flight on a small propeller plane. About 10 minutes after taking off they came over the intercom and said to prepare for landing. Once in Tobago, we had to drive to the port to find Scott [...]
Posted on August 9th, 2011 by michaelmertel10
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Today was a relaxation day after 3 straight game days. We woke up and drove up through the mountains and back down to get to Maracas beach. It was a breathtaking view with the ocean and mountains in the background, like a screen saver picture on someone’s computer. We had a blast splashing in the [...]
Posted on August 7th, 2011 by michaelmertel10
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Today was our third consecutive game day. We woke up all feeling sore from the past three days. For breakfast, we drove to a street vendor who was selling “doubles”. Doubles consists of sweet pita bread with spicy chick pea mixture on top. The best part is that the meal was only 4 Trinidad dollars [...]
Posted on August 7th, 2011 by michaelmertel10
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Today’s theme was rain. Not just a drizzle, two tropical downpours that happened to be at the times we were playing soccer. There was no lightning though, and so the rain was a nice way to cool off. It also provided for some interesting field conditions. We had a light practice at 10AM this morning, [...]
Posted on August 5th, 2011 by michaelmertel10
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Today we woke up and had some eggs & sausage for breakfast. Then we went to the pool for a little while before it rained. For lunch we had homemade roti which consists of thin tortilla-like bread that you use to scoop a mixture of vegetables and meat. It is definitely a delicious comfort food. [...]
Posted on August 4th, 2011 by michaelmertel10
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Since we were all still trying to recover from yesterday’s long travels, we went on a road run rather than practicing in the morning. It was extremely hot and humid, even more so than the Quad Cities. After showering, we got lunch from Chinee’s Barbeque (as opposed to Chinese food). The prices seemed pretty steep [...]
Posted on August 3rd, 2011 by michaelmertel10
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Day 1: Leaving on a jet plane Today’s the day! We all met at O’Hare Airport this morning at 10AM for our 12:30PM flight to Miami. We flew on a huge 777 Jet to Miami. Even in coach where we were sitting, each seat had a personal TV and we were able to pick what [...]
Posted on August 3rd, 2011 by michaelmertel10
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