The group did compete in the Lowlands Tournament where they did a great job.
Although the team did get a penalty for not showing up at their first game (0:5 for USAAI vs. Bremen - as the team was still at the airport and could not participate in the first game) they turned everything around in the following games.
The USAAI team did win 8:0 against Karlsruhe 2 and 6:2 against Karlsruhe 1.
In the game against South Hampton the team succeed with an impressive 12:0 and the game gainst Hampstead did end 2:0.
The semi-finals gainst the Irish All Stars the USAAI team did manage to win 5:3.
In the finals the USAAI team did win 8:1 against the Amsterdam Lions and turned out to be the tournament winner.

As well the group did have some time to explore the beauty of the city of Amsterdam and the nearby beach.
Of course there was also time to visit the famous Heineken Brewery where the group did get to learn about the art of beer brewing.

Straight from Amsterdam the group did go to Munich on Tuesday where they did spend a relaxed afternoon in the city center.
Today the group continues their journey to Vienna and stops in Passau.
I will be sitting in the office - rather jealous of Fifi - while he and the group are bathing and chilling at a lake.
After some friendly games against a local selection in the afternoon the group will have a delicious grill out session with the other team.
Life can be so beautiful ;-)

The Prague Berlin group did spend some lovely days in Germany.
After their arrival in Berlin the group enjoyed a traditional German dinner.

The next day the group did explore the city center on a guided tour.
After visiting the most important sights as for example the Brandenburger Tor the group did stroll along the Kurfürstendamm - the famous shopping boulevard.

On their third day in Germany the group did compete in the Berlin Open tournament.
The first game of the USAAI girls ended in a draw, but the second and third game they have won.

USAAI girls vs. Jizni Mesto
5:5

USAAI girls vs. Golden Girls
8:7

USAAI girls vs. BLN Allstars

The USAAI boys did a brilliant job at the first day of the tournament.
The won all two of two games.

USAAI boys vs. 2 in a Canoe
12:0

USAAI boys. vs. BLAX
12:1

Unfortunately the second tournament day did not go as good as the first one did.
The USAAI girls did lose the game against USA Starz, but won the game against BLW Allstars.

USAAI girls vs. USA Starz
4:14

USAAI girls vs. BLW Allstars
8:6

The USAAI boys also did win their games on day 2 of the tournament.

USAAI vs. BLN Deluxe
9:3

USAAI vs. LAX Ratz
9:7

The placement game against Team Latvia our athletes did win 10:8.

On Sunday it was time for the final games.
The USAI girls played 7:8 against Jizni Mesto and ended ranking 6th (out of 12 teams).

The USAAI boys did lose their first game against Team Gatorade 2:8 and won their second game global players 6:5.
The boys did manage to rand 3rd (out of 20) in the end which we can be really proud of.

Of course the teams also did have some time to party during the tournament days ;-)

On their last day in Berlin the teams did visit the East Side Gallery - an international memorial for freedom and possibly the largest and longest-lasting open air gallery in the world..
More precisely, it is an about 1,3 km long section of the Berlin Wall painted by various international artists.
The group did get to hear some interesting facts about the history of Germany and the famous Berlin Wall by a contempory witness which also did paint the wall.
Afterwards the USA Athletes did enjoy a boat ride along the river Spree and did get to see some more sights of Berlin.

After this exciting day, the group did prepare for their departure back to the USA.
I think they will bring a lot of beautiful memories home to their beloved ones.