Tuesday 28th- To be honest Wednesday started out a little rough. I was awoken to a loud banging at our door with Jenna yelling, "Do you know what time it is??" Clearly I did not. John and I accidentally slept through our alarm and had to frantically get ready for the day and run to the bus. Two alarms every night from now on! After the morning everything was smooth sailing. Our first stop of the day was to the Skoda car factory in Mlada Bolesav. The whole town seemed entirely centered on the car company and their massive manufacturing plant; the car plant had it's own store, school, gym, fire department, and health care system. The factory and the surrounding compound was very impressive and it was cool to see the logistics of car creation.
After a lunch of beef and noodles we set forth to "Czech Paradise" for a nice afternoon hike. The park is properly named because the landscape and surrounding nature is beautiful...national park like. The park is lined with steep hills, thick masses of trees and narrow jagged rocks that reach well over 200 feet. We climbed up many of them, it actually seemed the whole hike we were climbing uphill even when we were supposed to be going down hill. The path had winding turns and narrow gaps to get up the rocks. It is hard to describe the beauty of the place in words but the video gives you a glimpse of the park and Chris provides the poetic justice.
Wednesday 29th- Following a routine day of class, us Buckeyes got together for the OSU v. Mizzou v. Czech basketball tournament. We definitely entered as the underdogs but our cofidence made up for our lack of talent. We were also fuled by the trash talking of the Mizzou students who thought they were going to beat us handidly. Our first game was against those Mizzou Tigers and I started off the game by hitting a 3 point shot. The two teams battled back and forth, mostly with missed shots and turnovers. The game was neck and neck the whole time and turned out to be much more physical then I thought. I wouldn't say it got out of hand but there was some questionable fouls. Everyone on our team did their part with clutch shots coming from John and Justin. The game came down to the last shot where I unfortunately missed a game winning 3 pointer to win and we fell to the Tigers. However, we kept our heads up and beat the Czech team in our second game...we even scored over 20 points! The tournament ended in a three way tie and we became the champions based on total points from the two games. Buckeye pride was high as we all received a very large beer much from the Budweiser brewery as our trophy. I plan on putting the mug on my mantel someday to remind me of the tournament and the great times I am having here!
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