Wednesday July 15, 2009

Day 4 –Dubrovnik to Bar, Montenegro

By Samantha Johnson

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Dear everyone….well day 4 started off very interesting. We woke up and packed to head off to Montenegro and had a little breakfast and after me having a close call with an oncoming car we set off.

The bus ride to Montenegro took us about 2 ½ hours and we safely got across the border. A couple of us had an interesting time trying to go to the bathroom when we first got to Montenegro. It seems that money is needed for that and the guy at the bathroom was not very happy when they under paid him.

After arriving in Montenegro we all ate lunch, rested for a bit, and then we went swimming with some of the girls from the other team here. The communication barrier was a bit of a problem but we managed to learn a lot from them. I now know a whole 4 words of their language.

We spent a couple of hours swimming and then they bought us coffee and lemonade. The beach wasn’t nearly as nice as in Dubrovnik but it still felt great to get out of the heat.

When we got back to the hotel we had a few hours to relax and sleep and then later we played a match against the other team. They were pretty good but we did win the match. Our jerseys were pretty sweaty after that match because their gym wasn’t air conditioned.

We went back to the hotel, ate dinner (we were welcomed into the dining room by a nice bunch of basketball players), and then we went and showered and washed our sweaty clothes.

Katie and I agree that we have the worst best room ever. The room is kind of yucky but on the up side we have the nice basketball boys on our floor. They came and introduced themselves and really seemed to like the “American girls”.

Bed time came way too fast but we had to get our rest for another day of fun and sight seeing. We are all having tons of fun here but some of us are looking forward to returning to American food.