On Saturday night we drove through the black forest to play against a team who we beat 3-1 last time we played them, Umkirch. Probably the best part of the night was the drive to get to the game. Although Umkirch is only 80 or so kilometers from Villingen we had to drive through the heart of the Black Forest on smaller highways to get there. I was amazed at how much snow there was compared to where we are and compared to when we got to Umkirch. Throughout the mountains there was beautiful little town all having a gasthaus (local hotel), restaurant, tiny church and local store. There were so adorable and I can’t believe how many tiny towns there was on our drive. There was also many stops for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, something I would love to do while I am here!
Once we finally arrived in Umkirch it was time to prepare for the game. We arrived 2 hours early like normal and had some time to socialize with the girls whom we hadn’t seen in practice this week because of injuries, sickness or school. Now onto the match which would be another victory for our team in 3 sets. This time we didn’t allow them to get back into the game in the 3rd set like we did in our first meeting.
Game one took us a little time to get comfortable. We struggled a bit in passing but we were still able to get side out conversions quite easily from our outside attackers. We eventually closed out the first game with a couple small serving runs winning the set 25-22.
The second game was a whole different story as we dominated this set from start to finish. We had an early serving run from one of our middle blockers Lisa. This gave us a comfortable lead that we just coasted on for the rest of our game. In this game our middle attack was very good as our two outside hitters weren’t able to convert on as many attacks easily like game 1. The final point ended on a setter dump by our 16 year old back up setter Ramona with the score being 25-13 in our favour.
The third game I finally got involved in the action offensively getting a few more opportunities to put the ball away. In the first 2 games I was mostly digging balls, blocking and serving well. It was also nice to get a chance to contribute offensively. We won the third game easily 25-17 to secure our 12th victory of the season in just over an hour!
The four of us were very happy that the match ended so promptly as we were headed to Sebastian’s birthday near Frankfurt, but more importantly Super Bowl Weekend!! I have never seen 4 girls get ready so fast in my entire life. I’m talking shower, hair and makeup all in just over an hour. It was a good thing we were so prompt because we had a 2.5 hour drive to Langen before we could go out.
We arrived in Langen around 12:30 am about 15 minutes after I thought we would get there because of a little detour. What I’m trying to say is I got us lost by missing the exit but luckily I had been there a few times before and knew that there wasn’t just one way to get into the city! One we arrived at the guy’s basketball house we changed to head to the club in Darmstadt, a city about 15 kilometers away. Next time we take a cab I will remember to get the exact address of where we are going.
Michele and I in the cab
All we knew is that the party was at the Nacht Cafe, a place our cabby thought he knew......while he didn’t and we ended up taking a driving tour of Darmstadt costing us and extra 15 euro until he finally found the place and asked 5 or so random people on the side of the road if they knew where it was too!
Once we finally made it there Happy Birthday’s were exchanged with Sebastian on his 24th birthday and we hit the dance floor like we normally do!!
Sebastian, Brandon and Kai
Janna, Brynn and Brandon dancing up a storm!
By far my favourite part of the night was when I first broke my camera and then lost it at the end of the night when I was getting everyone’s coats. All in all not one of my favourite nights so I was hoping the Super Bowl party would be better the next day!!
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