Yesterday (Sat) I watched Laura line the broze metal game between Finland (Suomi) and the Czech Republic. It was a good game, fun to watch. Finland came out on top and I overheard one of their coaches saying that they went from 7th place last year to 3rd place this year. They were extremely excited over their victory... and the Czech girls cried.
Then I sat with Laura and the other officials and watched the U.S. vs Canada game for the championship. The U.S. outplayed Canada throughout the entire game and won with a score of 5-2 I believe. It was a really fast paced game and definitely exciting to watch.
After the game we all went back to the hotel where the officials stayed and played a couple rounds of Kings/Circle of Death with almost all of the officials. Great group of girls, lots of fun! Around 2:30am someone told us that the trains stop running at 3am and Laura hadn't packed her bags yet to go to our hotel in the city. So we stayed and drank for about another hour and slept there until 7am or so and took the train back to our hotel. We went downstairs to the restaurant (Ming) for our free breakfest which included eggs (scrambled, hard boiled, and soft boiled), salomi, meatballs, some sort of mini hot dog, and lo mein. Interesting, but very good! Then we slept for a couple more hours.
We went to see the ceremonial changing of the gaurds at the Royal Palace. It lasted about 45 mins and was really cool to see. We got some pictures and some video, which I'm sure LJ will post on Facebook at some point. After that, we went to go warm up in an old dungeon that was transformed into a cafe and then went shopping for souvenirs. Later we went to Malin's house (one of the officials who lives here in Stockholm) and met up with her, the other US official and the 2 Canadian officials. We went to a pizza place for dinner. They had a specialty pizza called the Dallas... filet mignon, hollandaise sause, and ham and cheese. Interesting, I've never had one of those in Dallas. After dinner we went to the Stockholm Ice Bar. A bar made completely of ice, the walls, the bar itself, and even the glasses all made of ice. We took lots of pictures there, it was really cool (no pun intended).
Now we're back at the hotel and ready to get some sleep for a long, eventful day tomorrow! God natt!
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