Pre Friendly vs Slovenia

Lauren Birks & Courtney McCutchan

Waking up at 7:00 AM which really is 10:00 PM to us California girls was not easy. We slowly put our volleyball shoes and clothes on because we had PRACTICE!!! We had many tired faces and woke up to no breakfast. But magnificent Cory showed up to the gym with bananas, apples and traditional Slovenian jelly filled donuts. We quickly woke up with a sugar high enough to power through a fun and productive practice. Afterwards, we had lunch at the Hotel Slon, where we ate soup, salad, and chicken. The Danish team was there but the huge age difference does not help us relate to each other. Once we came back from lunch we were greeted by tall and friendly Slovenian 16 year olds! Stephanie, Ainsley, Luci, and I (Courtney) are lucky enough to room with two Slovenian girls. We had another practice and rushed home to shower. We were excited for a night out with the Slovenian girls who were ready to show us their turf. At dinner we all mixed together and tried to learn the language. Luci was definitely catching on to the Slovenia language. There were many laughs caused by the mispronunciation. After dinner we were all craving some Gelato! While walking down the cobble stone streets we got many stares since Slovenia is not use to a group of 20 6'0 tall girls! While asked where we were all from one of the Slovenian girls quickly said we were ALL from California! We were all loving the attention!! The river was beautiful and we took many many pictures. A random Greek guy even asked for a picture with all of us. After walking around the town we came back to the hostel to hangout some more. We made videos of Luci and I reading a Slovenian magazine and compared our fantastic accents to Petia and Nina's. We are excited to scrimmage them today!