July 4th was a normal day for us here. I’m disappointed to have missed it. I always enjoyed the fireworks, food, and of course the Nathan’s hotdog eating contest. To celebrate, the other US kids and I convinced our driver to take us to Burger King after practice.
My family has a membership to a kind of a sports club. They have pools, basketball, volleyball, soccer, tennis, restaurants, playgrounds, and all kinds of other stuff. I enjoy playing basketball here.
Thursday we took the morning practice off and visited the national team stadium and the Club Cerro Porteno stadium. The Club Cerro Porteno was nice but the National Team stadium was far superior. We actually got to go through the tunnel and onto the field, like in the FIFA videogames. I took lots of pictures.
Bugs. I should have known. The first day here, my brothers pulled a dead scorpion out of the pool. The ants are the really strong red ones that you see on animal planet when they talk about the Amazon. They can carry large leaves entirely by themselves and walk with them.
Friday I managed to get a pretty good bloody nose playing soccer. The two weeks I’ve been playing mostly defense but I recently have played nothing but offence and I’m getting pretty good there. After practice that day I enjoyed some Don Vito’s. It’s a chain restaurant that serves only empanadas.
Saturday my brothers, dad, and I went to Conmebol. (confederation suramerica de futbol) It’s basically the headquarters for all South American soccer. Great tour there. We also got a bunch of free key chains and that type of stuff. Took lots of pictures and had a great time.
P.S. –I think Grandma W would be glad to know that the Orlando Magic pants she made for me made it to Africa and to Paraguay.
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