U-16 Blog 3

Hi guys,

Today, we are wearing matching blue and white hummel socks. 3 hours before the crack of dawn, we embarked on our journey to the gym where we played the first day. (While that sounds extremely climatic, really the sun rises at 11:30). When we arrived at the gym, we got a surprise as we found out we would be coached by an Icelandic coach for practice. We had a two hour practice with the coach, later to be joined by another Icelandic coach who helped with the backs. Some of the girls found this coach extremely attractive (cough Taylor Sterling…. Brandon watch out!!) After this, we drove to another gym where we would later play a U-18 and a U-16 game against the Icelandic National Teams three hours later. While we were waiting, we played a card game called spoons (but we didn’t have spoons so we played with pens) and we went for a stroll to a nearby heated pool that went from indoors to out (pretttttty cool!) The maintenance people didn’t want us to get the floors dirty so we got to wear these snazzy plastic blue coverings over our boots. We played the U-18 game, then the U-16 game right after. The Icelandic team is very big, and extremely fast. It was a pretty good game and we fought hard. After the games, all of us went downtown, where we found this amazing ice cream shop that made the most delicious crepes. Lindy bought a raccoon hat for $50, a troll for her boyfriend (Cole, she’s a keeper!) and golf balls for her family. Thanks to our spectacular chefs, dinner has been awesome! After 3 days of handball, everyone was exhausted so we headed to bed pretty quickly. Today, we headed to the Blue Lagoon, a geothermal spa! When we got there, the lady gave out these super neat wristbands that could scan our lockers to lock them. She had the sweetest accent, like a secretary from a spy movie that was explaining the high tech gadgets to us. Everyone in Iceland has perfect eyebrows. We waded around for about 5 hours in the giant pools of hot water and put silica mud masks on that made our skin feel super smooth. It was such a nice and relaxing day. We went to Domino’s for pizza, but they were closed today, so we’re getting a homemade stew for dinner. After, we are going watch a bonfire that looks like a burning house, and giant fireworks that Icelanders spent 15% of their income on! We’re so excited, and we hope everyone at home will have an amazing New Years!! Love Ava and Andrea