TicketsJune 27, 2010
The University of Cincinnati volleyball team is currently embarking on a 12-day journey through Brazil where the team will play against Brazilian teams while experiencing the Brazilian culture firsthand. Below is the most recent update on the trip from sophomore Jordanne Scott.
Day 5:
Today was our first day of being able to sleep in; I mean if you think 9:30 a.m. is sleeping in. We all went down to breakfast where it was full of bread and butter. Then at 10:30 a.m. we were off for our exciting day at the Zoo. On our bus ride we watched Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights. The movie was great up until the last 10 minutes of the film were the girl messed up her lines and killed the whole movie (it was TERRIBLE, if you haven't seen this version don't waste your money and stick with the original). The ride was about two hours, and when pulling in to the Zoo it was full of trees. You could say it was similar to a safari.
The sun was beaming when we started walking to see the monkeys. They were so cute. Surprisingly, they were very friendly and wanted to be right up next to the glass to see us. They liked to use their tails to hang from the top of the cages. We saw lots of different birds of many different colors and sizes, and a few of them liked to hop around their cages, while others sunbathed. Throughout our mile and a half walk we saw Rhinos, Elephants, Otters, Lizards, and a lot more.
At end of our day at the Zoo, we stopped at the Zoo Restaurant. We are all starting to get used to the buffet style restaurant, where we walk through and grab whatever looks good before going to the cash register and having our food weighed. The sad thing is you don't get to go back up and get more without paying extra. So what you get is what you got.
After leaving the Zoo we drove to our new hotel, where we all decided to explore the city. There were many little shops we browsed and bought souvenirs. After walking up and down all of the hills in the city, many people were tired and went back to the hotel to take a nap before we left for the game at 6:30 p.m.
Our hotel was about 10 minutes away from the gym. We arrived at the gym around 7:00 p.m. to get ready to play Itatiba, an adult professional team of the city Itatiba. This game was our first game having officials and an announcer and before the game the National Anthem for both teams were played, which was cool to hear. The game began and we started off really strong. We were up 6-0 before they finally got up on the board. We won the first game 25-18, before winning the second game, 25-10. In the third game, we became a little relaxed and started letting them back in, but we came back and tied it up 18-18. To end the third, we finished strong and won 25-20. They asked to play one more game and it was a bit shaky, but we again pulled it out 26-24. After the game we took pictures with the team and exchanged t-shirts, which was hilarious because the girls (or should I say woman) wanted our shirts so bad.
Later at dinner, we had the salad bar with pizza that was constantly coming out with different toppings. Everything was so good. It was great way to end our long day of excitement.
J-Scott's signing out!