Swimming Champions

Okay… today is over and it was quite a day. The guys didn’t finish as well in the land obstacle course as they would have liked, but they still did well. They did much better in the swim obstacle, taking 1^st place in the event. You can see in the picture how happy they were!! At this point they are in 9th place overall. Of course, they would like to be in better position, but most of the teams in the top 10 are very close. They should do well in the orienteering event tomorrow. We are leaving around 6:30 to make sure we don’t miss them taking off. They really don’t leave until 8AM from where ever they take them and we hope they will be done by 10:30AM. They will also have to do grenade throwing, map distance reading and one other thing tomorrow that is worth points. Keep your fingers crossed.

I have made more friends again this year. I have remet some from Spain and made new ones. I particularly like the Danish teams, as well as a German team and a Spanish team. Very, very nice people. There doesn’t appear to be much organization here in Italy and we don’t see a social planned after the award ceremony tomorrow night. The Spanish have invited the “gringos” to there room for a celebration. That may be fun!!

We may skip the big Gala Ball on Sat. night and just go into Rome for the day. We may get a hotel in Rome and just enjoy it up. We are actually in Viterbo and it is an hour and a half away.

Well, will write more later. Love to all. Remember pictures are at

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