Messin' with Texas

Fourth game (my indoor team) was a 5-8 loss. But I am happy I made it through 4 games in one day. Our goalie ruptured a tendon today though #
Third game we got a red card early and played down a man all game. We still won 4-0. Go united!!! We are in the semis. [...]

Back in the usa! #

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My greatest challenge so far this week: how to get 8 bottles of port and 4 bottles of wine to paris and then the usa. #
I think i got everything on the plane. Had to pay 120euro extra for two checked bags. Not sure how i had a free checked bag from holland #

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I broke the elevator to nuno's apartment in portugal and we got stuck waiting for help. We had a cake though so this time we have food #
Went to the winery of my brother's namesake today (graham). Not great but not bad. #

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On my way to the air port in holland to catch a flight to portugal. Things have been going well lately. I am still very sore from climbing. #

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What a day. No money or phone. Missed trains. Credit cards blocked and cannot rent a car. Bus is full. Unbelievable! #
At the bus station 2people cancelled. 3 waiting for tickets. A nigererian guy said he and i were together to be sure i got the last spot! #
In our darkest hours my dad and [...]

We made it! Descended 3000 meters in one day, back to warm sunny french summer! I feel like death. Now i must geT to holland in 12 hours #
Lost my wallet and phone. Jeromes cards don't work in europe and neither of us has money. spent 1/2day trying to figure out what to do! #
Found [...]

we will wait until night before crossing the snow plains back. We saw crevices on the way up that could be dangerous if soft from the sun #
Ten hours now in this metal shelter. Ten hours now of being cold. The forecast is that we can leave at 2am. Most groups plan to go up! [...]

All groups gave us the summit Only jeromes is still going. Meanwhile i am killing some finnish in english scrabble. Also won in chess and go #
After ten hours jerome is back. Dehydrated and exhausted. There was some debate in his group of calling a helicopter because he was so weak #
I am currently undefeated [...]

Against bills advice i let jerome get creative with the route. It took 2 hours to wade through waist deep snow. Everyone else followed us. #
We made it! The climb was exhausting. deep snow and nearly shear rock faces made the climb take 6hours. It was nearly dark when we arrived #
We are now [...]