Today was a long day for us as a team as we went to the original Olympic ruins in Olympia. It was about a two and a half hour drive to get there so it was going to be tough for our guys to have their legs for our game.
The ruins were quite the site for us. We had a tour which was somewhat informative but we got to see all the sites. Most of the sites were ruined because of the floods, wars, and the start of Christianity. The pictures were very impressive though I won't have them uploaded for at least a week. The original Olympic stadium wasn't as impressive as I thought it would be. They did say that 45,000 people would sit and watch the games which consisted of naked men running (that's basically how our guys remembered it as).
As for our game, we played the Kalamata Basketball Club. We were very flat to start the game. We were clearly more talented than the other team but we played down to their level for the most part. We ended up with 74 turnovers in part because of the basketball that we played with. At least that is what our guys would say. It was ugly but we ended up winning 71-52. Andy Voigt led us with 15, while Noah Aguirre and Carl Hipp both finished with 13.
Tomorrow we will head to Delphi in central Greece. Half there we will be able to swim and then eat some lunch. It should be another long day on the bus. Today and tomorrow are supposed to be the two toughest days of the tour for that. We are looking forward to the cruise that is starting on Saturday. During that trip we will head to several of the Greek islands as well as the bizarre in Turkey.
I have three videos of today's game and unfortunately it is taking forever to upload the game. Hopefully as some point we can have a better internet connection to get these videos on the youtube and this blog. I'll keep you updated.
On a lighter note, Noah Aguirre is mad at our tour guide Yanni because there were a couple of girls that asked about him and Yanni told the ladies Noah didn't have Facebook. Noah was very disappointed and is looking forward to our cruise.
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