Jen and Brooke's Blog: Day One in Argentina, Our First Impressions
By: Jennifer Fopma and Brooke Sweat
When you think of South America you think hot and sunny, right? Yeah, so did we!
First realization in Argentina: It is really cold, overcast and rainy here! Lesson learned. Next time we’ll research the weather. (Good thing we are classic over-packers).
Second realization: Everyone here loves a good "siesta.” Like, everyone! Businesses shut down, restaurants lock their doors until 8 p.m. and the city is a ghost town! (Except for all the international beach volleyball players walking the streets trying to find food). It was a tough adjustment for us, but that's why we brought Starburst and M&M's, right?
The great news is we made it safely to Corrientes, thanks mostly to our new best travel buddy, Nick Lucena, who just happens to be fluent in Spanish!
Read more...Jen and Brooke's Blog: Getting Ready For Corrientes
By: Jennifer Fopma and Brooke Sweat
Our first ever blog post! (yay) We are hoping you are all stoked to read about our travel to Argentina for the FIVB World Tour Grand Slam Corrientes.
"We" are Brooke Sweat (originally from Ft Meyers, Fla.) and Jennifer Fopma (Long Beach, Calif.). We both now live in Orange County, Calif. so we can train daily with our coach, Jeff Conover, you may know him as the coach for the 2012 London Olympic Silver Medalists April Ross and Jen Kessy!
Since Corrientes is a new stop on the FIVB World Tour, we were unable to get our usual advice on what to pack from veteran players (China-bring all your own food, Switzerland-bring lots of rain gear). So we are packing blind, which means both of our checked bags will be over 50lbs & our first 30 minutes at the airport will be spent rearranging everything to fit the limit (This actually happens almost every time we travel).
AVP Announces Winner of “Tell us Your Favorite AVP Moment”
The AVP would like to congratulate Alyssa Deiss, the winner of our “Tell Us Your Favorite AVP Moment” contest. Alyssa has won an official Wilson AVP Volleyball, signed by three-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Kerri Walsh Jennings!
Alyssa’s favorite AVP moment came when she bought an AVP beach volleyball, took it to the beach and pretended to be Kerri. We're not sure if she got away with impersonating Kerri Walsh Jennings, but apparently Alyssa had a fun time on the beach with her new ball. Later she tweeted a picture of the moment to Kerri and was rewarded with a retweet from Kerri herself!
Congrats again Alyssa!
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