Hi! It's Birka again! We spent a day in Venice which was AMAZING! It is such a beautiful place. Nils had also been there before so he was excited to show it to me. It's great because when you get off the train you are right on a canal. It is so exciting to see! We walked around most of the day and even got lost and walked around the whole island in a big rush so we wouldn't miss our train. But everything worked out and it was a great day. There are so many alley ways and of course [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone! (it's Birka). So Nils is left for his games and I'm going to try to work his travel blog. I have about two days in Lugano on my own. I hope I can get this to work! The first place we went to was Florence! It was a great time! The weather started out cold and clear and really perfect. After walking what seemed like FOREVER we finally found our hostel and it was every bit as lovely and classy as we had hopped. The Italians really know how to decorate! Since we arrived about 4 hours later than [View Full Entry]

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Hey everyone, Ok so Bika got here fine and no major disasters befell us but there were a few interesting moments in each of our travels. For me; I purchased my tickets last week for what i thought was going to be a charter bus service to and from the air port. when i got to the bus stop however there sat a small 10 person van filled to the brim with worried and late travelers arguing in three different languages. The bus driver took the 10 of us that fit,and picked up the bus he was supposed to have used [View Full Entry]

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Ok so we were going to rent a smart car and drive to Zurich, but we over slept so that plan fell though. we still really wanted to rent the Smart so we walked down and did it any way with no real plan. we ended up going to the a town about 30 mins away and looking at some castles there. then we drove home and went to the top of Mt. Bre to check out the view. I know its not the greatest Birthday story but itturned out to be a pretty fun day. I missed you all and [View Full Entry]

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Sorry guys that i havent posted them earlier. It was a fun trip as you will see from the pictures. i cant wait for Birka to come out here so we can do all of this stuff together. I will definetly post the pictures of our trip to Zurich, this wendsday, soon. Have a happy Thanksgiving!! [View Full Entry]

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Things around here have been going pretty well. we havent really done anything special since the last time i posted but i know everyone wants to see where i live so i took a trip into town with my camera. we had a game that night and sleeping in on game day never goes over well with my body so i t was nice to have something to do to get me out of bed. we won our game in Five to a team that is in the top four of our league. it was a pretty big win so we [View Full Entry]

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The weather has been getting colder with clouds every day for the past week. im starting to think about buying a scarf but i think i can hold out for a bit longer. Last night i met Sam at the train station at around 8 o'clock. he's the first friend to have visited me so i was pretty excited to see him. he was just travelling through with his Aunt so he was only here for the night and half the day this morning but it was still fun to hang out with a familiar face. i had to show them [View Full Entry]

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Ok so i am sorry that i never really finished my last trip with an entry that summed everything up. The reason i never really finished is because i was extemely sick at the end of the world University Games, and although they were one of the greatest experiances i have ever had, by the end i was ready to come home, sleep in my own bed, and eat some bacteria free food. Now you all know that i have been living in Switzerland for just over a month, and there are many reasons why i have not posted a blog [View Full Entry]

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I know you are all probably wondering why i havent updated for a while. i would like to tell you that i have just been to busy hanging out with people from othercountries and playing great volleyball. this is not the case however. i have actually had what is most likely a little bacterial infection from somthing i ate. i am feeling much better now but i am still a little low on energy. the doc. said somthing like this has been going around but i was the worst one he had seen. so it goes i have alot to update [View Full Entry]

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We had a long day ın the sun on our day off. It was really fun but ım super tıred rıght now so ı wıll tell you all about ıt soon. thought ı should let you all know that we lost our last pool play match to Slovakıa, so now the hıghest we can place ıs 9th. we are all a lıttle bummed but gettıng over ıt. Im goıng to go eat, rub some aloe on my sunburn, and hıt the sack. thats all for now. [View Full Entry]

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