The Night of Firsts

Friday night Michele, Jana, Jana’s sister and I ventured to Konstanz for a night of firsts. The local mens basketball team, the Schwenningen Panther’s, were playing a regular season game in Konstanz so we had the night off and thought we’d take a little road trip. Konstanz is a beautiful city located on one of the largest lakes in Europe. The lake is approximately 52 kilometers long and 12 kilometers wide and serves as the German, Swiss border. It is a major tourist area for many Europeans and is very popular for sailing, boating and typical cottage life.

The first , first of the night was Michele driving on the Autobahn. Picture our tiny sponsor mobile driving at 192 km/h maxing out at over 5000 rpm’s on the highway as a brand new Mercedes cruises by with ease at 240 km/h. No big deal!

Michele paying attention to the road as we're driving!

Again I was navigator since I don’t know how to drive stick yet, but this time I got us there without getting lost at all. Only one minor detail through a construction zone.

Probably the best part of the night was our second first....Donner Kebab! The only word that can describe these are amazing. It is a homemade tortilla or homemade pita that is filled with either beef or chicken topped with lettuce, red cabbage, tomato, white onions, tzaziki and sometimes corn. Once the first bite hit my mouth I understood why all the girls on the team had been talking about how amazing they were.

I can’t believe that I had been here for 2 months and hadn’t eaten one yet.....what was I thinking???

So after our kebab we had to hurry up to get to the game on time. We were unsure of where the game was being held but our hunch paid off and we made it their 15 minutes before tip off.

Unfortunately the guys lost....they started well and fizzled at the start of the third. But again the Konstanz fans were playing their drums, chanting and clapping for the entire game. It was a good thing we were sitting with the Schwenningen fans. All in all it was a pretty good away game and a nice introduction to the panthers for Jana and Michele as I have already watched a couple of their games.

Another eventful Friday night, as we had to prepare for our huge match we had on Sunday afternoon. I would like to report that it was a competitive match but I can’t. We won by a landslide........more to come on the games soon