Cultural Exchange Blog – May 31

We are getting ready for the last time wrestling on the trip. We missed Internet service for two days in Romanian training center so I’m having all the guys blog today. We are in varna Bulgaria on the black sea. It’s an unbelievable place but the rain has followed us to here and the pools and beaches are empty. We got a training session in with George yesterday that was interesting as he worked individually with guys on things that he has recognized as needed. There was a lot of young Bulgarian wrestlers and it’s great to see the interaction with the us guys. We warmed up with dodgeball which  Scared them initially but then they went crazy with it. We had a night out last night as the front street on the sea is pretty lively all night-it reminds me of a busier ft lauderdale. We ran on the beach and did some wrestling skills in the water and sand–I think a lot of people on the beach wonder what is going on but it was a lot of fun. We also played a mini soccer game in a caged field  They have at this resort. Jake and George have skills and Chris can kick it through a concrete wall-the rest of us try not to get in the way. The completion should have a referee and the coach and I will pair up as many matches on this last day as possible — Tim Fader

I wake up its a nice sunny day. I eat, get dressed and am ready to go outside and enjoy the good weather but what do ya know, it rains. Ahhh the weather never seems to surprise me. I have never seen so much rain in my life. It at least rains 2 hours a day and sometime all day. Gotta love Bulgarian weather — Daniel Manganaro