2015 Volleyball Tour Blog – Day 11 Barcelona Games
At 3:30 pm we traveled by metro to our gym. The metro here in Barcelona is easy to use and is much cleaner and newer than that of London or Paris. I think it is because of the Olympic Games that were held here in 1992.
In no time we had arrived to the volleyball gym in Val de Hebron. The gym was huge…. It was one of the venues from the Olympics… where they played volleyball … as we warmed up we had moments of what it would be like to play in the Olympics… and we were here at the former site of the Olympic games…
We played in 3 separate age groups. The U14 team play 6 sets winning 4 losing 2, The U15-16 Blue and Red teams played 5-7 games and the Older U17-18 team played 5 games. The venue had 3 full sized separate courts.
All of the teams in the tournament were from Barcelona or around Barcelona. The weather outside was about 90+ degrees and the gym was not air conditioned and it did not take long to “get warmed up”. The level of the competitions were just the right level as most of the teams split sets and played the tie breaker games… The girls here were much more friendly … and it was fun to talk with them in our Spangenglish…. We finished our games at about 8:30pm… We had our group departure meeting before we entered into the Metro... making sure everyone knew when their flights were departing and which Airport Motor coach they needed to take and at what time.
In about 30 minutes time we made our way back to the hotel. We showered and went to dinner…. Most of us were really tired from the hot day and the volleyball play…. and had dinner near the hotel
Tomorrow is our Return to the USA day
All of the teams in the tournament were from Barcelona or around Barcelona. The weather outside was about 90+ degrees and the gym was not air conditioned and it did not take long to “get warmed up”. The level of the competitions were just the right level as most of the teams split sets and played the tie breaker games… The girls here were much more friendly … and it was fun to talk with them in our Spangenglish…. We finished our games at about 8:30pm… We had our group departure meeting before we entered into the Metro... making sure everyone knew when their flights were departing and which Airport Motor coach they needed to take and at what time.In about 30 minutes time we made our way back to the hotel. We showered and went to dinner…. Most of us were really tired from the hot day and the volleyball play…. and had dinner near the hotel
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