Last day in Ljubljana

Allison Li & Kaila Thomas

Our final day in Ljubljana began at 11am with an hour of practice. The main focus was rehearsing our warm up for the upcoming matches and tons of serve and pass. At the end Valerie changed our regular cool down and switched it up with a relaxing ball massage: we left the gym floor flooded with sweat!
For lunch we took the familiar walk to Hotel Slon - we we learned means "elephant" - with the Slovenian team that we would scrimmage later in the day. Even though we played with them competitively in the scrimmage, we maintained the friendly spirit that began Friday night. Shortly after, a few of us left the Hostel with 5 of the Slovenian girls to find a market. We did not take into account that it was a Saturday and all the stores closed at 1 o'clock. We walked around town center for nearly 30 minutes until we found someone who directed us to an open grocery store. Luckily we had native Slovenian speakers with us to help pick out yummy treats!
Meeting up with the rest of the team for dinner was uneventful though they were upset we didn't pick up extra goodies for them.
But the best part of the day was roaming the city at night. Splitting into groups, K and I joined the Slovenian girls for ice cream at Cacoa then french fries and McD's!!! Finally we browsed the jewelry stands and I bought rings for myself and my sister. I (Kaila) bought a ring for myself and my best friend. Getting back to the Hostel at 11, the Slov girls were faced with a big problem: a broken lock which made their room inaccessible. As they waited for the Hostel owner to arrive they taught us a game called "killer". The night ended with lots of laughs and good memories and, best of all, new friends!