Sweden Trip and Midsummer

This past week we had no game on the weekend, and no practice leading up to the midsummer weekend. Matt and I decided to use our free time the best we could so we jumped onto a cruise ship for a trip to Stockholm. The boat was a lot of fun, and very nice for how cheap it was. It was an overnight trip over to Stockholm from Helsinki. Then we had about eight hours to explore Stockholm before an overnight back to Helsinki. Stockholm was a very cool city, although the weather was pouring rain the entire time we were there. We did see the palace and all of what they call old town, which was very interesting to see.
When we got back we immediately were summoned to the midsummer celebrations at our teammates Tatu's house. This celebration consisted of many backyard games including Molkky, which I think I need to bring back to the states. Other than our daytime celebration we also did many Saunas and trips down to the lake to go swimming. At nighttime we went out to an obscure bar in Orelampe (sp?) This was a lot of fun, but consisted of taxis to and from the bar that ranged from 80-100 Euros, not cheap. Some pictures included here to show us having a good time during midsummer.

I’m writing from Oslo right now where I am meeting up with Tony Torres as well as a few Norwegian friends, ought to be a great week. There will be more to report on the trip by the end of the week. We have our 5th game this Sunday at home against the Helsinki 69ers, an important game for us as we continue to chase 1st place in the league.