May 20...   Greetings from Prague!   We arrived safely in Europe as a group on Friday.  After spending the day touring around Frankfurt, we then jumped on a plane for Prague.  Upon our arrival, we walked through the beautiful city of Prague with our guide Jirka and our Bring It Promotions tour guide, Cory.  We walked through a very neat area of downtown and then had dinner at a place called the Pizza Coliseum.  This is also where we met up with the other 10 people in our group.  Needless to say, all 35 made it safely and then the fun began!   After dinner, we literally crashed, because we found out upon arrival, we would have a match the next morning at 10 a.m.!  The team we were supposed to play needed to play us Saturday, instead of Sunday.  Therefore, we got up and got ready for our first match against a team called, Olympa Phara.  This team came in second in the Czech league, so we knew they would be a very good opponent.  As tired as we were, I wasn't expecting us to be very good  The main thing was to get acclimated to the ball, the gym and playing in Europe.  We did accomplish that and also had a chance to practice a bit after the match.   The rest of our day, we spent touring the Prague Castle and the city of Prague.   This morning we got up and had the opportunity to ride the public transit system and tour again all over Prague in small groups.  As we are getting ready to meet back up as a group for dinner, I am excited to hear the stories and adventures of the day from the various groups of players!   Tomorrow morning, Monday, we head to Bruno to play our second match against a team that won the Czech league.  Needless to say, we are looking forward to the great competition and glad we will be rested!   All is good and as always,   GO BEARS!   Coach Stokes