mein Geburtstag!!!!

Hi Everyone!!!

It's my birthday!!! I guess i should say it was my birthday!!! I just wanted to take moment to say thanks to all that tried to make this a awesome birthday! Mom (family) and Cleve, I know that you guys could not be here but in my heart you were. I love all of you!!

So, my day started early at 7 am (have to make the day as long as i can since I have to 364 days every year) with spinnig class yupi!!! Then I went home and decided that I was going to take a long shower and go out to buy myself a gift which was a new cell phone (or should i say Handy like the germans do!?). I walked for a while in the city center, bought my phone and it was time to go meet Tina (friend and personal trainer) for lunch. She took me to this little vietnamese restaurant and she told me for today I could eat whatever I wanted!!!! Yupi.....Thanks TIna you are awesome.

After lunch, we had a meeting to watch video at 4pm and then practice until 8:30 pm. This was ok but afterwards the girls decided that we were all going out to celebrate. So we did.....these are te pictures from my little "party". It was awesome and I hope you all like it!! I had tons of funs!!!

Cheers!!






Erica and I had a lot of fun with my mini muffin cake!!

Ich Bin ein Berliner!!!

Hello!!!

long time huh!?!!? Many things have happened in the last few weeks including......we lost the first 2 matches!!! and I chipped (broke) a little bone on my elbow!!!

Anyway, this weekend we played in Berlin which was great because i really wanted to go there. We left Wiesbaden thursday and on friday mourning we took a quick tour of the ciy center. First we walked by this beautiful government building ( i forgot the name) but check the picture maybe you guys can help me!

We then walked around this building, and surprise!!! There was the Berlin Wall! I mean at least whatever was left of it (the bricks in the middle of the street simbolizes where the wall used to be). The black car on the right of the bricks is on the East side of Germany (or Communist Germany) and the white car in on the West side. So, when this picture was taken we were stading on East Germany. This was amazing experience!! I had goose pumps when i saw this site because i remember when I was 7 years old, watching the fall of the wall in Brazil on TV and actually being there where it happened was an amazing feeling!!!!

Now, the picture below we were on the West side (Pariser Platz)

We then finally crossed the wall (or should i say the bricks!?!) and we could see the famous Brandenburg Gate.

One of Berlin's most famous sights, the Brandenburg Gate is located on the western edge of Pariser Platz just inside the former East Berlin. Rising up from behind the Berlin Wall , it was a potent symbol of Berlin's division. From the construction of the Wall in 1961 up until 1989 the Brandenburg Gate was inaccessible to the general public.

Like I said this was a quick tour of Berlin I promess to have more pictures next time!!

After this amazing experience we went on to lose our match later that day but I was really happy and excited for all the important places that we got to go and see!!

Rhein River

Hi all!!!

sorry for taking so long to post but the last week or so things have gotten really hard!!!! We are working hard and I am also tired all the time. Anyway, enough of me complaining!!!

So, we had a great week of practice 2 weeks ago. We trained with a team from China. they were really good and fast and think it was a great experience for our team. The chinese were here for 1 week training with us and helping us get better. We also had some fun and that's the purpose of this blog today.

Saturday mourning we (chinese and us) went on a boat ride on the Rhein River (rio Reno). We had a little bit of time to get to know one another a little more. It was a difficult task since they only speak chinese!!! But I was determined to learn a little bit more about them. So, I tried using my hand and make signs and stuff like that. One thing that I found to work pretty good was to smile. They could not understand anything that I was trying to say but it was very rewarding to interact with them and understand that they were happy to be here.

We also had a water fight (as shown on th picture below), at the end Steff and I were soaked!!!

This is the Chinese coach, he is a great guy and I really liked him!!

Hope you all enjoyed the pictures and I hope to post another blog soon!!!!