2009 Sevilla Linces vs. Baldalona Dracs

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Since our team does not have the funding for official cheerleaders, the group of girlfriends of players took it upon themselves to support the team in their own special way. My #1 Fan

Lars Werner and I

This week we lost against the first place Baldalona Dracs 33-0. Baldalona is a suburb of Barcelona. This was without a doubt the toughest defense we have faced this season. The team was very well prepared and they knew exactly what we were doing offensively. Everytime we would line up for a play the defense would yell my number and where I was going before the play even started. Unfortunately, this is the first game all season that we have been shut out without scoring any points. We have 3 games remaining and we must win them all in order to earn a spot in the playoffs. The good thing is that we are playing 3 of the worse teams in the league, but we are playing all of them on the road. Post-game BBQ at Orlando's house

Jennie and Marta at Buddha

The boys and I at Buddha (Corro, Javi and Cameron)

Ciao Milan!!!

The fabulous Hotel Mac Mahon

The Duomo is the largest gothic cathedral in the world

This is the entrance to the Galleria, an upscale shopping center with stores like Louis Vuitton, Prada, Armani and McDonalds?

Perfect timing? As we were leaving the Duomo, the rock group Metro Station performed a free concert in the plaza. Later while we were drinking coffee we saw ourselves on televeision on Italian MTV.

Enjoying the fashion on Via Spiga. A pair of socks on this street would leave me broke.

"Extreme Beauty in Vogue" Jennie and I went to an exhibit focusing on the most extreme photagraphy published in Vogue.

My kind of job! These models are getting paid big bucks just to sit.

The Church of Santa Maria Delle Grazie. DaVinci's "Last Supper" was inside, although we didn't get to see it without a reservation. They only let 15 people in at a time and reservations are booked months in advance.


Our last supper in Milan. There was a McDonalds on every block. These Nugs are dedicated to Valerie.

Our trip to Rome

Our first stop was the Trevi Fountain. Probably my favorite spot in all of Rome. It may be touristy but it's sooo gorgeous you don't care. We threw coins over our backs like tourists to make sure we return!

La Perla's window display on Via Condotti - which leads to the trend report for Rome: In - all shades of purple, trench coats, burberry scarves for men and women, spray tans, designer purses mostly Gucci and Louis, low heeled riding boots. I've seriously never seen so many girls wearing purple.

The Pantheon - rebuilt in 125 AD from whenever it was built before that. It's freakin' old. It also really got me to thinking - what do they do when it rains? As there is an open hole in the ceiling and apparently they have mass there, but the floor is marble. Hmmm. Note to self - don't wear heels there.

Alex inside the Pantheon

Michelangelo's Pieta which he carved at age 23. Made me feel slightly inadequate. I mean I haven't exactly carved any masterpieces yet.

Outside the Vatican in St. Peter's Square (more like a circle). We got really lucky and wandered into the Vatican right as a mass was starting and got to attend mass. There were nuns from all over the world visiting Vatican City and I don't think I have ever seen a happier nun than after that mass...

The best gnocchi - it just melted in your mouth - from a cafe on a side street of Via Nazionale. Look at that cheese dripping off. It just doesn't get any better than that.

Alex got a roasted vegetable pizza

After dinner we attended an Opera performance at a Episcopal Church near our Hostel. The opera singers were quite frisky and as the performance went on their personalities kept coming out more and more until the encore when one of the male singers grabbed a woman from the audience and started dancing with her while singing an aria from La Traviata.

Some REEEEAAALLLY old bibles at the Musei Vaticani

The Musei Vaticani gardens... I think my eyes are closed... oops. Oh well at least now we have proof that Alex and I were there at the same time... hahaha

Becoming coffee/espresso addicts - just as Melanie predicted.... but after looking through the Pope's collection of artwork for hours and feeling slightly depressed that 90% of it is still hidden, one needs a little pick-me-up.

The most amazing/expensive panninis - outside the Vatican and Cappuccino with chocolate sprinkled on top. Reaffirmation that you just can't get bad food in Rome.

The Forum. We discovered this amazing view of the ruins after accidentally climbing a hill behind the Bocca della Verita.... definitely worth the hike.

Jumping for joy at the Colosseum!

On our way to attend a dinner hosted by our hostel, everyone paused for night pics of the Colosseum. Dinner was all you could eat pasta and chicken and all you could drink red wine and was led by a crazy Brit named Jeff and a tiny life-loving Italian named Salvatore...

Salvatore (the Italian host) forces us to reinact "Lady and the Tramp" with bread since we were eating penne and not spagetti and perhaps out of a bit of consideration for my white top... He was quite the romantic and brought red roses for all the girls that attended the dinner and later made Alex propose to me with the most lengthy Italian proposal ever behind a parked car.

Our new friends from around the world - Tom (Austria), Natalie (Wales), me, Salvatore (Italy), Damir (Turkey/Germany), Alex and Gina (Wales) - the most fun-loving group ever. We frolicked through the streets of Rome drinking red wine and singing Back Street Boys and Spice Girls - it was quite a night.

Gina, me and Natalie on our last night in Rome.

Roman Holiday

While in Rome we decided to visit some of the sights from one of my favorite movies Roman Holiday. Apparently the Italians are just as obsessed (or they just gave in to tourists) because signs and photos from the film are everywhere. Below are the highlights from the "movie tour."

Trevi Fountain

Spanish Steps Via Condotti

Ponte Sant' Angelo

Bocca della Verita