Monday - Wednesday,
September 21 - 23, 2020
As you may recall, when I decided to end my EuroBall coaching career, I still kept the door open to coaching in any and all Europe Warriors games, Covid-19 permitting.
In the past we have played five of these fun, entertaining Europe Warriors games. Our Men's Team played in a 2017 game in Mexico City, Mexico and in a 2018 contest in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Our U19 squad played in Texcoco, Mexico in 2017 and our U18 club had a game in Vienna, Austria in 2019.
Our inaugural Women's game was played in Mexico City in 2019.
The Warriors had scheduled a U19 game vs. Team Turkey to be played in Istanbul last June but the Coronavirus curtailed that contest.
At the start of this week, we still had three games on the Europe Warriors slate for 2020.
Again, Covid-19 permitting.
We've had issues with our
Women's game in Barcelona
This game would have pitted our Women's squad against Team USA.
Last Spring, Team USA played a game in Costa Rica but then got quarantined for several days after the game in Central America because of the pandemic. Add to that experience the current European Union ban on Americans traveling to Europe because of our country's dismal showing on the pandemic and you have a game in trouble.
Team USA backed out about two weeks ago but Team Spain volunteered to play instead.
Then the possible, feared Second Wave of Coronavirus started in Spain. Individual countries within the EU let our ladies know that if they traveled to Barcelona for the week of practice before the game, they would be required to quarantine for two weeks upon their return.
Many of our Women stated that they could get off of work for a week to practice and play the game but that there was no way that they could afford to take three weeks off from their jobs when the quarantine time was added to the equation.
Thus, on Monday our Women's game was cancelled which seemed to me to be the only logical option.
Until better days then, "Test Negative, Stay Positive!"
Our U19 game in Wroclaw, Poland
is still a go somehow
In part, I'm guessing, it may be because Poland is not the hotbed of Coronavirus outbreaks that Spain is at the moment.
Of course, I still have the current problem of not being allowed into Poland as a traveler from America even if the game is played.
Finally, we are still scheduled to play another Men's game in Mexico City in December. Coronavirus protocols and travel restrictions are both still issues in this one.
Nothing is easy these days . . .
. . . especially if you constantly
dream of Italian cuisine
WHAT THE . . . ?
A new food truck in Oxnard might be the answer!
I checked out their website and found Arancini for $11, Polpette for $15 and Gnocchi for $15 on their menu.
Highway Robbery!
Reading Is FUNdamental!
Another Venetian Crime CORKER!
Crazily, this was one of three books that I was reading at the same time due to Lockdown mental issues on my part.
Ciao!
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