Working with the Kids/Tourist Day

Well i've got an hour before i have to leave for practice so i figured i might as well give you guys an update on the past couple days.

Yesterday was a busy day for us. We had to wake up early (8am) and take the train to the suburbs to work a sports camp with some members of the women's team.  *sidenote* thanks to the women's team for making us that amazing brunch after we came in from the woods!* We had no idea what to expect but we figured that a bunch of 9 year old should not be a problem. The school told us we had to share half of the court with handball players and that we should be creative because handball is extremely popular over here.  We set up a fun obstacle course that ended in the kids trying to make it in the hoop.  Silly, but good stuff.  I have never in my life seen so many little blonde kids running around. 9 out of 10 kids must have been blonde.  What was really interesting was that whenever an instructor was talking, these kids were quiet, attentive, and taking in everything.  After about 45 minutes we could see that some of the kids were getting bored so we changed the obstacle course a little and ended it with Wire and I lifting the kids up and letting them dunk it.  We didn't want to pick anyone up that didn't want to be picked up so we were saying "liftus?" (sp???) a lot.  Some kids loved it while some would just rather shoot it.  It was a lot of fun trying to communicate with the kids because they didn't speak English but everyone in the would knows what a high five is so we gave out plenty of those.

Practice has been picking up recently which is good to get the legs back.  No subs which gets tiring but once we're in shape we'll be fine.  Yesterday was the first real tough day with lots of up and down and live play.  Everyone is playing really hard which is good but i can see everyone is shaking off some rust.  I think everything will come together really well when we get our rhythm down and play with each other more.  It's a great group of guys and it feels nice to be welcomed into the team.

We took our free time today and went out riding our new bikes into downtown Copenhagen.  It's really amazing how easy it is to get around on the bike.  I took some pictures so rather than write about it all i might as well show you. Enjoy

the new whips

action shot of Wire riding. This was scary for me to do because i'm still not great at driving with one hand so give me credit

the good ol' sausage wagon. All over the place

Pedestrian squares all around with lots of shopping, cafes' etc. About a 10-15 minute bike ride

funny matching Danish couple

I love Danish bakeries.  For about 2-3 bucks you get an amazing Wienerbred which is pretty much a "Danish" back in the states except much much better here

Nice looking canal.  I feel like i've seen lots of pictures like this in my planning classes.

Feel free to comment on these posts if you have any questions, suggestions, or anything.  This blog has gotten a pretty good response and that's nice to see.  I'm working on Wire to write some more so expect more of his posts later so you don't always have to listen to me.

Skål,

aro