black & white partyyyy!

last weekend we didn't play until sunday... so we did some team bonding friday night. in Bilbao there was a black & white party, that was suppose to have a lot of basketball players there from the area. so before the party... because it started at 12:30 am! we had dinner at my apartment, we ate pizzas, and then had a few snacky items like chips and olives. earlier that week we had to buy tickets for 12 euros.. the money went a a basketball team that couldn't pay for their travel. well we did have a good time with the girls from our team, but as for the other people at the party they were all so young! its is always fun to get ready and go out even if the party wasn't exactly what we thought it was going to be. here are some pictures from the night. 

p.s. we didn't get home until 5:30 am!

the team eating dinner

me, carla, and sam

the team @ rock start, the party

sam and i before going into the party

getting ready! estefi and me

last couple of games with irlandesas..

the last 3 games we have played, 2 have been at home and one on the road. last sunday we played at home and we lost... but it was a very win-able game. then with just a day in between we traveled to Huelva which is at the bottom of Spain. this is one out of the 3 road games that we will fly. so on monday night we we fly into a town near to Huelva called Sevilla. while we boarding the plane i saw a younger group of  people with navy blue passports.. ding ding ding.. AMERICANS! i told sam to look and we both ended up just enjoying them speaking english, i know sounds kinda creepy, but it wasn't. we ended up chatting with them a bit, and they all 4 are students in Sevilla. once on the plane sam and i were very excited to enjoy a soft drink during the short 1 hr and 5 min flight to Sevilla... soon to find out you have to pay for a soda or juice...seriously in Europe they don't give you a complimentary drink or snack... pretty disappointed about that. finally to the hotel in Sevilla they had dinner waiting for us at yes 11pm.

teammates sitting across from us on the plane.

on the bus to the hotel in Sevilla

checking into the hotel

hotel lobby

the room: gotta love those beds... 

the next morning we had breakfast at the hotel and then got on our short bus and took the 1 hr ride to Huelva to play an 11:30 am game. we lost, another game that we could have won. 

the gym 

where we played in Huelva

after the game we headed to the airport we had a flight that evening. well the whole team was very excited about going to eat at McDonalds! let me just say the menu is very different than the ones we have in the states, not that i go that often... plus they serve beer lol. 

the team eating

salad.. not that great

only 2 sizes of drinks..no large or extra large

once we got to the airport... we thought we only had to wait and a couple hours until we would board the plane..wrong! the flight was delayed like 6 hours! the reason: NO PLANE. I'm not sure how that works but in Spain it can happen i guess. finally got home at a nice & early 1:30am.

the game tonight we won finally! we really needed a win it has been a while... the team we played wasn't awful but not a good 3 point shooting team. we play again next sunday.. so another long week of practice!