England / Ireland Last Day
July 29, 2011
The first half of the day we were free to roam the city of Dublin and get some last minute shopping in. We all met at the hostel and rode the bus to endless mountains and farm lands. It was called Glendalough and was the most amazing beautiful place I have ever been too. It was exactly what we all wanted to see and was exactly what we all pictured when we thought, Dublin. We then ate alongside the ocean and all agreed it was the best meal we had thus far. After lunch/dinner we went to the game vs. Ireland. They were a developmental team and had improved greatly from the years before. After we chatted and traded shirts with them. They invited us out tonight so we are going to meet them their! Great last day and the best trip I have ever been on!
Ali Green
East Stroudsburg University
England / Ireland Lacrosse
July 28, 2011
Today was our first full day in Dublin, Ireland! We started off with a typical irish breakfast at O’Shea’s. After breakfast we started our tour around the city centre. First stop was Trinity College where we got to see the Book of Kells. We then got back on our bus and had an hour+ guided tour by the wonderful Mr. Vinny Butler. Our last stop was a tour of the Guinness Factory. The bus dropped us all off at our hostel. We showered, regained our energy and headed back out into the city to Temple Bar for dinner at Thunder Road Cafe. The live music, good food/drinks, and the girls made this second to last night really fun and a time I’ll never forget. GAME TIME TOMORROW!
England / Ireland Lacrosse Update
July 28, 2011
Tuesday the group had a day off and we went to Liverpool which was about an hour away from where we were staying. The shopping and scenery were great to see over there. Later that night we had team dinner at a restaurant in Manchester, Tiger Tiger, and enjoyed a great meal. We then went onto an outdoor pub with everyone, which was a great ending to our time in Manchester. Wednesday we left Manchester and were on our way to Dublin. From a two and a half hour bus ride to a three hour ferry ride, it was a long day of traveling, but definitely well worth it. Once we arrived in Dublin we got to our hostel, went out for a team dinner next door and then went to pub to listen to some Irish music and watch Irish dancing, which one of our teammates took a part in for part of it. This was a great start to our time in Dublin. After the pub a few of us went to a club and had a fun time dancing and meeting new people.
Kelsey Reilly, Stonehill College
Prague Cup Lax – Daily Blog
July 5, 2011
Day 1:
The plane has landed in Munich, we’ve gotten our luggage, and it was time for the fun to begin. Our first stop was Dachau concentration camp. Between 1933 and 1945 200,000 people were interned there, over 40,000 died. We toured the grounds and saw where the prisoners lived, worked, and were tortured. It was a chilly, misty, day so you really got the eerie feeling of what we were seeing. We went into the gas chambers, the crematorium, and the museum/memorial they now have.
Straight from Dachau we went over to Olympiapark where the 1972 Olympics were held. The park is huge and the buildings are quite impressive. From the top of the Olypmic tower you could get a real sense of where the Olympic games were played. On our way back to the bus, we stopped at the beer garden that was next to the beautiful stadium. From the stadium, we got back on to the bus and headed to Hotel.
Hotel Novotel was wonderful and it was only a block away from the tram that takes you into the middle of the town.
Lauren Fillipone – Bryant University and Kylie Gregory from Iona College
Prague Baseball and Softball Week – Daily Blog
June 20, 2011
Prague Baseball and softball Blog:
Day 1 Blog – Munich Arrival:
My experience getting to JFK in New York wasn’t the best, but after 4 stops, 2 canceled flights, my luggage going missing, and a 50 minute cab ride to JFK… I met the most amazing teammates and new friends. We quickly clicked and came up with nicknames, before jumping on the plane and heading on our 7 hour flight to Paris, France.
On the plane we slept and had dinner before arriving in Paris. We ended up sprinting from our arriving terminal to the departing terminal. When jumping on the plane we quickly took off from Munich, Germany.
Upon arrival in rainy Munich, we quickly boarded the bus and began taking in the scenery and culture. We quickly visited Dachau concentration camp. It was very interesting to truly walk through history and experience it first-hand where so many events happened in the Holocaust.
After Dachau, we checked into our hotel after 24 hours of travel, we can’t even believe how a shower felt even though they lost my luggage. We all got ready and then went to dinner, we experiences and authentic German cuisine. After dinner all of the girls spent time getting to know each other before heading to bed. Tomorrow we bike through the beautiful city of Munich.
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