Last Game + Trading

So it turns out that instead of playing The Aussie U18 team again for the 3rd place, we played Japan again for the 3rd place. It's been raining all day here, and the fields were crap to begin with. So we headed out around 2:00 to watch the girls play, and it was just a mud pit. Just dirty. Our game was the same story, the field was a lake by the end of it. I've been a FOGO for the last couple games, so I probably got the worst of it. I mean, you couldn't even see my legs, my jersey was covered, and I felt like I was brushing my teeth with mud. The Japanese team came out to play though, and combined with the field conditions, the game was 2-2 in the 3rd quarter. Then we decided to turn it on and we finished it at 7-2.

Then came the trading. We crammed into the locker room with the Japanese team, and they went wild trying to trade things. I forgot all about it, and I left my extra pennies in the apartment, but I still managed to make it through with some sweet Japanese stuff. They were all so excited to trade and take pictures. That was a really fun experience. I felt like we kind of bonded more during that time than on the field or between games.

Now we've got the rest of the trip to relax a bit more and have fun. Early morning tomorrow though. We leave at 7:30am to the coast. I think we might get to see some Koalas... we'll see.


Here are some pictures from the last few days that I'm just getting around to showing you.

A view of Melbourne

And another. Nice place.

The Museum down the street from our apartment.