I'm sitting here listening to Tom talk to his mom on the phone and he just summed up how things are going here. "We're going great! We had a hell-of-a day yesterday. Probably one of the best days that we've had in Australia!" That nails it. It was a wonderful day. Olin and Alta both had soccer games in locations about 45 minutes apart. Tom dropped Olin and me off at Umina and then drove Alta up to her game. The head coach couldn't make it until 2nd half, so I coached the team. It was so fun. Olin played in goal for the first 25 minutes, but the ball never got down to him to show his stuff. We scored 1 in the first half. I took Olin out of goal for second half and threw him on the field as a right midfielder. At first he looked a little lost as it was his first ever real soccer game. Then... all of a sudden something clicked. He was on fire. He moved that ball all around the field, and by the end of the game had scored two. We won 3-0! Alta also had a great game. From what I heard from Tom and Alta they won 3-2 and Alta played good soccer. She was focused, ran hard, and cheered when her team scored. Both kids came home happy.
On another note, we have become good friends with a Polish family that lives across the street. They have a little 6 year old son who plays with our kids. Last weekend they invited us to their son's birthday party at Umina beach where we met some of their other Polish friends. It was so much fun to be hanging out in Australia with Polish parents calling to their kids in Polish, and to swap stories of Poland and Germany. After the soccer games yesterday we joined them again at a different beach - Wamberal - for some epic sea fishing. Tom and Luke hit a sweet spot and just kept bringing them in. They caught a bucket-full of fish (including a salmon!), while the kids played on the beach, and Olla and I drank wine in the sand. Later in the evening we joined them at their house for a bbq and the kids swam for a bit in their pool. It truly was one of our best days here. No stress, sunshine, good stories and laughter. Today is our 3 month anniversary of arrival in Australia. So much has changed and we've all learned so much. One more week and Term 1 will be over. For holiday, we are going to head on a camping trip to Byron Bay where we are all taking surfing lessons (thanks Grace!). The second week of the holiday will involve an adventure to Tasmania.
1 Comment
Candy Webber
4/4/2017 08:24:35
Great post as always. So where or where has the time gone to....Have a wonderful time on your break from teaching. Boy do those fish look tasty! Tom looks like a Aussie....Wonderful pictures, take lots on your break!
Reply
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorThe Liljemark's enjoy exploring the world. This blog chronicles our adventures. Archives
December 2017
Categories |