Blogs from Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary, Europe - page 13

We had a leisurely beginning to our day today. We enjoyed a very nice buffet breakfast in the hotel since we weren't catching the train to Budapest until 9:53. The breakfast had many offerings. There were boiled eggs, lunchmeats, cheeses, cereal, cakes, breads, rolls, bacon, ham, pork and beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, juices, coffee, and tea. So much to choose from. Our observation of people not getting early starts to their day was true here too. We were eating breakfast alone until we were ready to leave and then another family came in. When we checked out and got to Hlavne Square we saw mostly just workers. It was such a quiet atmosphere compared to yesterday with all the tourists filling the square. Our train ride to Budapest went smoothly. It took just about two and a ... read more

By: Sean and Niki Today is the last day we will have a scrimmage. The team we played was Vasas. They were probably the best team we have gone against. We played there 19s team and there 16s team. Both teams brought different challenges. The 16s team made it very difficult to shoot with a hard press. The 19s team would be in a zone and made it hard to get calls and goals out of center. These teams gave us a lot of challenges. One was how to attack as we were not shooting or passing as well as we should have been. We started to get frustrated with each other. Being athletes, competition makes us who we are and this means that we will fight and butt heads. The book The Inner Game of ... read more

By: Zander and Koutn By the time we had explored and had many restless nights in hungary, the seventh day had arrived sooner than we expected. On the seventh morning, Dusty gave us news that we would be having a ruthless punishment due to people staying out of their room the night before. We looked into the day with gloomy hope of a restful practice. Leaving our hotel in the morning, we hopped onto our long bus ride, knowing that it would be taking us to our venue where we would be punished. After getting out of the bus and walking into the facility, we were able to see the pool we would be in. This was no ordinary pool, it was long course, meaning the pool was 50 meters. With all the intimidation of what ... read more

By: Aidan Djavadi, Aaron Arias "We may need to learn how to feel again and learn how to learn again." Today we transitioned from tourism to water polo. Before our first training with Ferencvárosi Torna Club (FTC) aka "Fraddi" we went to Hero's square. Hero's square is noted for its iconic statue complex featuring the seven chieftains of the magyars and other important national leaders. This land mark is a great recognition for the brave chieftains. This piece of history marked the beginning of the end of our first half in Hungary and the transitioning from tourism to water polo. FTC is home to well known olympic athletes Dániel Varga, Norbert Madaras, and Stefan Mitrović. As well as being home to these well known athletes, FTC has 79 medals from 1909-1999. After being established in 1899 ... read more

By Ethan and Cole - Hungary has been a very enjoyable and new experience for most of us, so far before training begins. In the current section of "The Inner Game of Tennis" the author discusses the best way to learn. It can be summed up with the quote "No teacher is greater than one's own experience." We will relate this to several parts of our day and our team. Our fifth day started with us meeting up at 9am for breakfast however some of us went to bed late the night before and slept late, making them late for breakfast. Regardless, we all had enough time to eat and were ready to leave to Aqua World. After a long bus ride and an even longer quiz about the first 4 chapters of the book by ... read more