We arrived in Estonia on the evening of the 13th. We were greeted by a large group of family and friends from the Viimsi Church. Arvo (Lea’s oldest brother) drove us out to Leppneeme to the Haagen’s house (Lea’s older sister Anne and her husband Kaido) where we will live for the next two and a half months.
The next morning we all slept in. When Siim Haagen (Anne’s son who is my age) arrived back from school in the afternoon, Lea, Matt, Siim and I all went bike riding through the countryside around Leppneeme. After our ride, Siim, Matt and I decided to go climb a large boulder protruding out of the harbor. But in order to get there we had to make our way through tall marsh-reeds. When we’d finished climbing, we went back to the house to play wiffle ball and to eat lunch. Siim and I barely beat Matt and Kadri by a score of 8-7. After beating them squarely, we decided to go to Andres’ house (Andre’s is Arvo’s son) to play American football. Matt and I took on Siim, Andres and Kadri. We were losing the entire time until we made a great defensive stop and followed it with an offensive charge for the victory. After football, we followed up with a game of soccer and were joined by the youth group from the Viimsi Church. One game led to three or four and soccer became the prominent activity of the night. After a little while, some went off to play volleyball but eventually made their way back to the soccer pitch. My team lost badly (7-2).
By the time all this was over, it was 10:30 and still bright outside. I was totally exhausted. It was a very fun and long day, full of many activities and I enjoyed being with the Viimsi youth.
Hello Sam!
We are enjoying reading your blog. Well done! What an
adventure for you! Keep it up! Please give our best wishes to Matt and Lea also. The Brenizes
Thank you very much for the comment.I will give Matt and Leah your best wishes. -SAM
Sam, I’m enjoying your blog. You are a pretty good writer and you’re writing style is a little like mine. Wonder why…. maybe genes do count for something. Pete finally is on his way to False Pass after lots of false starts. Mark is real frustrated but apparently the season has started off slow so they haven’t missed much. Joel is in the Yaak with the Hughes boys and all of their bachelor partiers. Everyone says hi. Love, Dad
Thanks for the comment. I did another blog. You should read it. Today me and matt went on a 2 mile run and did our abs routine. It is the beginning of my workout for the next month or so. You can hear more about it by reading my blog. Have a good day.
Love, SAM