Play football in a football tournament!
I’ve done it! I’ve made it to Prague with my football kit packed, some practice under my belt and the tournament to look forward to 🙂
ahem, we interrupt this transmission to once again apologise for the tardiness of this post! As you can see it was begun on time (30 June), but between then and now I’ve had 2 holidays in 3 weeks, catching up at work, truckloads of new stuff to do at work and am still trying to find the surface… I’m getting there 🙂
So, yes, I did make it to Prague and I had the best time in the tournament!
Of course, I wasn’t there to actually play football, but I did get to dress the part on the first day at the pitch
and then on the second day, once the results were pretty much settled, I got to muck about a bit too – unfortunately no photos were taken of me playing this time, but I can tell you that I saved all 3 goals that came my way – even after a fair few beers under my belt, and I was dressed as a nurse 😳
Where do I start?
This trip was one of the best holidays of my life – I spent 4 days laughing non-stop, did a bit of sightseeing, enjoyed delicious beers, spent time with great friends, sat in the sun all day, napped in the afternoons, partied hard at night, and even got some good photo opportunities! I think I was born to attend tournaments like this 😉
The girls were excellent in their games – sadly only playing 3 over the 2 days due to the lack of women’s teams, but they won all three games and therefore won the trophy once again!
Our first day there was spent being ‘touristy’ but because the first few of us who got there had all been to Prague before, we weren’t too stressed about seeing too much – our priorities were to find somewhere to sit, and start drinking beer! (You’ll notice that there is a LOT of beer drunk over these 4 days…. it was all included in the package price we paid for the trip! Winning!)
Bit of partying on the first night…
The next day, Thursday, was to be the first event dinner where we got to meet many of the other teams – divided into 2 time slots, we got the later shift so by the time we’d spent the day enjoying a few beers and then eventually got to dinner after the first shift, well… it’s needless to say that it was LOUD! It was fun!
Friday arrived – the first day of the tournament. I cannot tell you how some people manage to get up in the morning and head to the pitch, and then play football in the blistering sun, after the parties that go on the night before… but, there everyone was, some taking naps, some taking it seriously, but everyone on the pitch(es), having the best time!
Friday night all teams board a ferry-type thing and we head out for a dinner cruise… madness follows!
All those people are getting on THIS boat!
Some sights…
Charles Bridge
Once again, Saturday morning rolls around and it’s back off to the pitches – this time being tougher than Friday morning as many people partied way harder than on Thursday night 😉 But, once again, everyone is there, putting in all the effort they can muster up, and having a great time!
Saturday night and all good things must come to an end… it’s the farewell dinner and prize-giving, which once again equals MADNESS! But once again, such fun… especially when it started raining and we got to dance in the rain 🙂
Dinner time….
Collecting the prize on stage
Dancing in the rain
And on Sunday we all dragged our sorry selves to breakfast, packed up, and flew home!
Hope to see you next year, Prague’s Barrel Tournament!
