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Bacoli, Italy

Ok so im gonna start with last nights dinner. Went over to my assistant coaches house with one of my housemates and policano(a friend of everyone). Marcella made a feast!! Since my other housemate didn't come there was a lot of food we had to consume. She started out by making some classic bruschetta, sliced some mozzarella di bufala and put out a plate of ricotta, with some local bottles of wine.
Next was the seafood linguini...had lobster and shrimp with some tomatos it was veryyyyy good!! The shrimp and lobster were a little difficult to get out of there shells but I managed.
Next was sausage and steak...I opted out of the steak cuz I was already getting full. Oh and of course salad with the meat. Finally it was on to dessert which consisted of Fragolino wine and mandarins! Started eating at 9:20ish finished around 11:30. Oh man what a good meal though, oh and Marcella gave Roby and I the rest of the bread last bufala ball and ricotta!
Ok now I'll back up a little, we had a game this weekend which we won 6-0, no I didn't not play, we are hoping for this weekend maybe. Oh didn't go to sorrento either some mix up and lucca never showed. I been keeping semi busy trying to do a workout in the morning go on some walk then training. I convinced the house to buy less water bottles that I would take our waterbottles to the local fountain to fill them up, save a lil plastic and money! Also since we got food money and no car I offered to go to the store by foot and get things. Im just like the houses mule ha. Its about a 45 min treck to the cheaper grocery store so I walk there with a backpack and a bag fill up and head on home.
Oh a friend of Johanna's is arriving today to stay with me for two days, I am quite excited to try and show him around! See how good my tour guide skills and italian skills are!
Oh cut my hair off I posted pics, im not the biggest fan but getting used to it. Although I have to admit I love the practicality of it for soccer and the simplicity of it. For soccer its super light and doesn't get in my face...I use a lot less shampoo and conditioner so I save A LOT!! ;)
Think thats all for now
ciao

permalink written by  katieandboo on January 10, 2012 from Bacoli, Italy
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happy new years

Agnano, Italy

Happy new year wishing everyone lots of health happiness and success in 2012.
a little catch up, the day after xmas I went to downtown verona with two friends in the early evening. We saw the castel vecchia then just walked around looking at the lights and window looking since most shops were closed. There were a ton of people down town which I can understand because it was beautiful!!
I returned to Napoli and everything as usual. Oh we played against a mens pro team, serie D, they have the same sponsors as us so it was kind of a big deal men vs woman type thing. I got to play too in the first half, got scored 3 times but two were 1v1s and the third was a cross to header. Did make some pretty big saves so for first game in months I was feeling ok. We traveled to Ischia for the game a little island of the coast of Napoli very beautiful and tropical reminds me of greece. After that just been training a little extra and doing practice. For the new years eve I went to Italos house, president or something, where there was a lot of people all family members so that was fun. Two of his older daughters speak pretty good english so that was nice. After a good dinner and some dessert it was time for the ocuntdown, once the new year hit the sky was crazy with fireworks I mean we looked out over the skyline and they were everywhere it was really cool to see. after about an hour the fireworks died down and I got taken home. since all my housemates are gone I prepared nice lunches and dinners for myself. especially on the 1st I made a nice dinner with a nice bottle of wine and chocolate pandoro for dessert which is bombbb!!! I been working a little bit on a health schedule to help get to to peak fitness also writing a little in my book. Today officially worked for my dad doing data entery basically, super slow but helps pass my time.
Oh I forgot to mention one time I was hanging with the bulgarians and I think its the first time I ever got upset about how someone was talking about the USA and so I started defending it and they quickly shut up. Damn proud to be an American!!
Oh and new years eve Italo was talking to me about next year when we are in seria a1 and the people he wants to bring in etc....feel bad cuz their planning on me being here but I still don't know what I want to do. But im not worrying too much when the time comes to decide ill figure it out.
well i gotta get going to practice
ciao

permalink written by  katieandboo on January 2, 2012 from Agnano, Italy
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Verona

Agnano, Italy

Let's see, went to practice Monday only trained for a little and they made me stop. Same for Tuesday only ran 20 mins! Monday also did a workout in the morning then hung around the House. Tuesday had a lot of fun went with 3 teammates to morning therapy then to montesanto walked around looking at shops and wandered to downtown Napoli! Saw a castle and vesuvius and had a nice lunch finally made it back to the House around 5:30 got ready for prac and left. Winter has finally arrived here was 38 at practice but thankfully no rain. Had a few teammates stay the night cuz we had a game Wednesday.
The police were supposed to check my place of residence Wednesday morning so I went to italos at 8(where I'm supposed to live) but they never came so I was stuck there till 5:30 when I got picked up.
Since today we started our vacation the team had a party at a hotel restaurant. So much food, antipasti, chopped up squid Salmon lentils and zucchini bruschetta some thing served on a big clam shell. Then we had a pasta with a broccoli pesto and tomato and risotto with shrimp very good!! Then there was lots of chanting and singing before dessert was served. Of course there was wine prosecco and water also at dessert we had fragilino oh sooo good recommend trying it sometime!! Lasted about 3 hours got home round 12! Went to sleep since this morning I had to wake up at 5! I caught a flight to Verona and am spending the next 5 days with my manager and her family. I will wish you all a happy and safe holiday now as I prob won't write till after the holidays in all honesty I'm acting as tho Xmas doesn't exist since I'm so sad. I know seems silly considering where I am but if you had a family as awesome as mine you'd understand! Peace and love all

permalink written by  katieandboo on December 22, 2011 from Agnano, Italy
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Bdays

Agnano, Italy

So Thursday was two teammates bdays so we all went out after prac to celebrate. Sadly I couldn't practice thur and got told to sit till Monday. Having some calf issues. Anyway so we went out to dinner in Pozzuoli and our coach had a set menu. Started with some champagne then bruschetta Normal and with Salmon, some fried mashed potato thing sardines eggplant tuna soup bread and a mini fish dish. All very good!! Then for dinner we had a linguini with clams and oysters in a butter parsley sauce bomb! Also a four cheese linguini very very good! Had white wine a sparkling red and more champagne very very good meal!!!
After dinner prof(our fitness coach) took my Housemates and I to downtown Napoli where we saw the kings of Napoli and a galleria all was beautiful and a lot of fun. We finally got home around 2:30. Friday was low key just watched shows went to prac and did upper body workout. Sat went for a walk to Bangalore to buy lil Xmas presents for my Housemates. At night we all went out to a disco which was a lot of fun one room played typical American jams the other played House music. After the club went and got a piece of pizza I had sausage with cheese prosciutto and a cream finally made it home around 5:30. Great night needless to say! Today just laying low do upper body workout then it's practice tomorrow :)

permalink written by  katieandboo on December 18, 2011 from Agnano, Italy
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catch up

Agnano, Italy

Its been a while sorry about that just kinda flew by. I'll try to catch up the quick version. Wednesday had practice and after we went to our restaurant to watch Napoli play villa real and they won which is huge for Napoli! Was a lot of fun to watch and got to eat a big salad and some chicken! Thursday we had practice off so I walked to Bagnali to find all stores closed because it was a holiday for the virgin Mary. I hung with two housemates for a while then ended up making my own dinner, chicken pesto pasta, very good. They then went out for dinner and I just went to my room read and went to bed. Ran the mighty hill on friday and made it back just before it started to pour!! Still super congested which sucks for working out but im pushing through it. Had a chill training talked to my keeper coach to try and sort out the mail issue here hopefully get a base address so I can actually receive mail. Sat went to a big grocery store mall area with the bulgarians then went to the basketball game that night, they won! After we met a bunch of teammates at our restaurant for dinner I had another salad and chicken sandwich. We ended up having 9 people sleeping at our house because we were leaving for sicily at 6:30am. We had so many people because some lived too far away it was just easier. After our flight to milan we arrived in sicily and then to the field. We won our game in the last 15 min which was very important win. Then back to the airport for dinner and our flight at 9. I gotta say Sicily cannolis are off the hook I had two in the airport and brought one back to Napoli for the next morning....sooo good!! Yesterday I enjoyed my cannoli and a cup of coffee before I went to the outlet stores with the Bulgarians. Was a lot of fun bought a pair of shoes but spent way too much time there left at 11 got home at 4:30 so I was starving. I was able to squeeze in a sandwich and a workout before it got too dark. My whole house went off somewhere basically as soon as I got back so I just studied and watched shows then made a little dinner for myself, buccatini con crema e pollo, buona! Today had a super hard workout up at my field and found a ball to play with so that was good. Had lunch and chatted with my housemates then study then prac. We had a little fitness and played so it was a lot of fun. ALthough we got paid today, everybody except me. Was a real frustrating night of not being able to speak the language. BUt tomorrow we are going somewhere to get money (i hope) and do something else. Oh and hoping they give us our food money tomorrow cuz we got nothing. Was saying i feel i am noticing my lack of vitamin and minerals because I cramped up twice at dinner with is weird. but who knows.
off to bed night all

permalink written by  katieandboo on December 13, 2011 from Agnano, Italy
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sick

Agnano, Italy

Not much to report from the weekend even though we had two days off, because I was SICK!! Woke up saturday with, what im guessing, was the flu. Basically layed in bed all day except to walk to the store and buy some fruit and some juice. Then sunday a little better my fever broke, but still stayed around the House and ate. Monday was fitness practice which sucked cuz I thought my chest was going to explode! in the end probably helped kick the bug a little bit. That night went out to eat with some friends and had a very good meal. First some ricotta with bread and prosciutto oh and buffalo mozz. Then had my pizza with mushrooms, very good!!! I love my meals here! Oh and my other Housemates mom was here and she made tiramisu and brought some real sicilian cannolis needless to say they were both off the hook and best things ive ever had!!
Yesterday was very chill went on a long walk to Pozzuoli which was nice and prac. After prac we had to go support our head manager guy at his book opening. So we didn't get to eat dinner until 12!!! I was so hungry and tired they got to see a piece of the true katie, hungry grump!
Oh went to immigration office yesterday too, so now I am all set up and legally officially here! Found out I may not be playing in a game till Jan now which makes me super bummed cuz then I def could have gone home for xmas, super bummed :(
today worked out at the Field its finally nice today. The past 4 days have been crazy rainy and windy! Got prac tonight then off tomorrow so hopefully some fun adventure awaits!

permalink written by  katieandboo on December 7, 2011 from Agnano, Italy
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A routine

Agnano, Italy

Wednesday I went up to the field and did a circuit workout, finally getting some sort of routine which is nice. We had simple pasta for lunch(garlic and peppers) good.  Then Maria and her mother showed up with bags of food!!  I think I had a smile the whole time she was unpacking.  Pasta coffee nutella chicken meat VEGGIES!!!  So much food.  Needless to say after prac we had a great dinner, a steak like meat and salad with bread. Oh and wine typical of their region, very good.  
Thursday went for a run up my hill and went into an area that was supposed to have a lil lake, there was too many trees and bushes to get through tho. Downloaded some more Italian apps so studied until lunch. Which was incredible!!  We had pasta with carne very good don't know the sauce but light and clear then eggplant rolled sandwich type things. Also a mix of steam/sautéed veggies (eggplant zucchini tomatoe peppers onions) and of course bread!  Needless to say I was completely stuffed and content :)
When it came time for prac I was still full and burping the veggies ha. We scrimmaged against a boys team In the fog. Let me tell you I have never played in such thick fog. Some points couldn't see the circle before the half.  I couldn't tell where the ball was until last min. I could tell when it was getting closer to me because my defenders would be backing up, but it wasn't until a boy broke through on a foot race against a defender that I would really know what side of the field they were on. 
After prac we all went to dinner in a town closer to napoli.  Had an assortment of bruschetta (tomato basil, mushroom, cheese and prosc, and one with corn) had stuffed zucchini flowers, mozzarella arugula and prosc, then ur main course.  Sooo good!!!  Again over ate too full. We had this dinner because our one teammate vale is leaving for a while to play in games with the national team. 
Today I said I'm not gonna eat but of course that's not true. Been loving my Italian bfasts.  A lot of frezeines cafe blood orange juice and or nutella treats. Sometimes cereal :) 
Its dumping right now hopefully it slows and I'll go workout. Have a great Friday everyone!!  Safe travels to my fam!

permalink written by  katieandboo on December 2, 2011 from Agnano, Italy
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happy belated to my gma!!

Agnano, Italy

Went to a bar with two of my housemates and some basketball players on friday. Super fancy, also had some food snacks sitting around to eat, pasta fritatta etc. Was a good time had a few drinks and danced then headed home around 3. We finally got paid for food so sat. 3 of my housemates and I went to the grocery store, bought a bunch of food but very little veggies and fruit. When we got back we all changed to go meet our team at a pub. Went to watch the Napoli game and have some dinner. I had their version of the philly cheese steak, was actually very good.
Sunday we had a game at our home stadium which is at the base of a castle and the edge of the water in Baccoli. Very pretty. Our pre-game meal consisted, again, of pasta steamed veggies prosciutto with parma bread water and a fruit tart for dessert. These people can freaking eat let me tell ya. We won our game and made it into the guiness book of world records because apparently they have not lost a game in a whole year. I got interviewed after the game but it was in English which was great, and kinda funny!
Oh forgot to mention that all my housemates smoke so every day my clothes and hair smell like smoke, I hate it!! Think im gonna get lung cancer before they do because of all the second hand I consume.
Yesterday was a good day went for a run up this steep hill and got a pretty view at the top. Afterwards I went looking for stamps, which I didn't find, and discount markets. I found a big indoor market which was cool with all the different vendors. I also found two regular discount markets where I bought mushrooms and tomatoes, oh and I bought 2 kilos of Apples, that way i have veggies and fruit. By the time I got back we had lunch then hung out with vivi then I read a little and it was time for practice. Oh ya they moved practice from today to monday because Napoli has a game tonight so we have the night off. Which I better go get ready for.
ciao

permalink written by  katieandboo on November 29, 2011 from Agnano, Italy
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happy belated to my gma!!

Agnano, Italy

Went to a bar with two of my housemates and some basketball players on friday. Super fancy, also had some food snacks sitting around to eat, pasta fritatta etc. Was a good time had a few drinks and danced then headed home around 3. We finally got paid for food so sat. 3 of my housemates and I went to the grocery store, bought a bunch of food but very little veggies and fruit. When we got back we all changed to go meet our team at a pub. Went to watch the Napoli game and have some dinner. I had their version of the philly cheese steak, was actually very good.
Sunday we had a game at our home stadium which is at the base of a castle and the edge of the water in Baccoli. Very pretty. Our pre-game meal consisted, again, of pasta steamed veggies prosciutto with parma bread water and a fruit tart for dessert. These people can freaking eat let me tell ya. We won our game and made it into the guiness book of world records because apparently they have not lost a game in a whole year. I got interviewed after the game but it was in English which was great, and kinda funny!
Oh forgot to mention that all my housemates smoke so every day my clothes and hair smell like smoke, I hate it!! Think im gonna get lung cancer before they do because of all the second hand I consume.
Yesterday was a good day went for a run up this steep hill and got a pretty view at the top. Afterwards I went looking for stamps, which I didn't find, and discount markets. I found a big indoor market which was cool with all the different vendors. I also found two regular discount markets where I bought mushrooms and tomatoes, oh and I bought 2 kilos of Apples, that way i have veggies and fruit. By the time I got back we had lunch then hung out with vivi then I read a little and it was time for practice. Oh ya they moved practice from today to monday because Napoli has a game tonight so we have the night off. Which I better go get ready for.
ciao

permalink written by  katieandboo on November 29, 2011 from Agnano, Italy
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happy thanksgiving

Agnano, Italy

So we went to the Vivi House to sing happy bday and met a bulgarian so now I have a friend who speaks English. He is one of the basketball players brother who is here till xmas and looking to get picked up on a team.
Oh after practice the other day we went to a pizzeria and watched the Napoli vs manchester city game. Was insane!!! You could hear all the people in the stadium from our House they were so loud. Everytime Napoli did something good or bad the restaurant erupted. Was a lot of fun to be around.
Last night after practice my Housemates and I went to our physical trainers House for dinner. His wife made us baked ziti, Chicken and potatoes, this pizza thing with vegtable cheese and sausage, then dessert. Also 3 bottles of wine and this horrible dark thick licorice tasting drink. It was a lot of fun, we were there for about 2.5 hrs. Oh ya and then they started saying I look italian and like one f their friends. They got on facebook to show me a picture, I didn't really see it but they all agreed I looked like her and started calling me Lara. Overall a great night.
Today I went on an adventure with the bulgarian. We tried to get to the top of this hillside, which we failed. Then walked to a High Point to see the the water and harbor of Pozzuoli, very beautiful. Today is super hot I am guessing 65 or 70!!
I was going to go to one of the younger americans House for thanksgiving but I have practice so its not going to happen.

Ok lunch is served
ciao

permalink written by  katieandboo on November 24, 2011 from Agnano, Italy
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