Today we had a day off from everything. All stores are closed...well most are closed and we were on our own to get transportation to and from a facility we had to book. So we didn't organize anything and just hung out. Breakfast was early as usually and most of the team slept through it. A few of us on the other hand were up and at breakfast to start our day right.
At breakfast Aaron, Sergio, our trainer Allen, and I all figured we would go to the beach and get some sun. We talked to everyone else who decided to go their own ways for the day. Some people went to the hotel roof top pool, others went for a walk, and a few stayed in the rooms and slept off the night before.
At 10:00ish we were on the beach outside our hotel laying on chairs under an umbrella. It cost 60 shekels to get 4 chairs and 2 umbrellas. Its not a lot of money but it sucks having to pay for it. Also for a future note to everyone reading this...make sure to bring water with you to the beach...a 6 pack of 1.5 litter bottles is 9.90 shekels outside the beach...on the beach 3 bottles of 8 oz water is 33 shekels....we learned the hard way.
At this time of day there were not a lot of people on the beach. As the day went on it started to fill up very fast. The sand on the beach was very similar. When we got there it was hot but you could walk on the sand as long as you did it quickly. The later it got the hotter the sand became. When I say its hot I mean stick your hand in a boiling pot of oil and then throw it into the microwave for about 20 minutes...that should be close.
The water on the other hand was cool and clear. You could see the sand and the fish at the bottom of the water around your feet. The water splashed to your knees as the waves rolled in. As you walk out farther towards the break wall the water gets deeper but doesn't get past your shoulders until you get really far out. We are only in the water for maybe half an hour before we get out and go back to the chairs.
We do this a few times, beach to water to beach, all the wile looking at all the beautiful ladies in very small swim suits. We have yet to find "THE BEACH" (if you don't know what I mean then don't worry about it) but as soon as we do we will make sure to take pictures of everyone else and not of ourselves.
Around 3:00pm we packed up our stuff and headed back to the hotel for lunch. None of us realized how much sun we truly got that late morning early afternoon. But we figured it out by dinner time when it hurt to move.
After dinner most of us went to bed and tried to sleep off some of the sun we got that day. Others went out and partied it up a bit. Tomorrow marks the start of the tournament. We are not playing but the rest of the teams in our bracket are so we are planning on watching them play so we can get a feel for what we are getting our selves into.
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