Intermezzo I

INTERMEZZO I

The girls spent their last night in Sweden shopping along the Kungsportsallee, the main avenue in central Goteburg, a typically European combination of specialty shops, cafes, and pedestrian-only streets where you can easily idle away a day eating, shopping or just people-watching. Stefan then took the group to the Liseberg, Scandanavia’s largest amusement park. Reports have been forwarded to me that many were frightened, all were thrilled, and everyone returned to school safely wishing they had had more time to offer people money to try to make them sick.
After repacking Friday night, the girls spent Saturday morning evacuating and cleaning their school room. They shattered the previous LISC best time in doing so, but if you had seen the slovenly boys that I accompanied on prior trips, you would soon realize that such a record is hardly worth claiming, never mind being proud of. We were able to attend the final match in our age group at the Ullevi, Bergen’s Best losing 1-0 to Tolo IF on a 30 yard free kick. It was a good illustration of how hard it is to win a tournament like this: Bergen looked a shell of the physical, indefatigable team that played us. They had been worn down, and had to play without their regular keeper, who had fallen ill the night before. It was great to watch the presentation of the awards, and to realize we had fallen only one game short of receiving a bronze medal for 3rd place in this prestigious event.
Now on to Denmark by ferry, with a very late arrival. We plan on sleeping in, then touring together on Sunday to the resort town of Skagen.