Back In Seinajoki

Kodie working out with the junior Crocs team

Billboards in town advertising our big game with the Butchers next weekend--- But first we have a very big game against the Turku Trojans this Saturday!

Big Sis and Little Sis having some fun in the park

We finally arrived back in Seinajoki about 4 am this morning after 9 days on the road. Things didn't go as planned for us in finding a train back from Turku, Finland last night. We spent more than 5 hours on 3 trains and another 3 hours waiting on connecting trains to our destination. This was after our 11 hour boat ride on the Viking Line. We had a really nice time, but it was good to get back to our apartment too. The family was able to visit two new countries during the trip including Latvia and Denmark. We also realized that Estalita and the kids had been in 8 different countries over a 10 day period since their arrival earlier this month. I will be posting some pictures from the trip over the course of the next week.

One of the major highlights of the trip for us was getting to meet George Contreras and his wife Laurie over the weekend in Stockholm. In some ways, I feel like I have known George for quite some time even though it was our first ever opportunity to meet in person. He and Laurie are living in Sweden this summer after spending the two previous seasons in Catania, Sicily. They are a wonderful couple and a lot of fun to be around. They have many unique and fascinating stories to tell after all their time living and traveling in Europe over the past 3 seasons. I sure hope to meet up again with them sometime in the future.

Lights out.