Today, the Århus Tigers AFC participated in a scrimmage against the Søllerød Gold Diggers of the Danish National League (the Danish national champs in the league above our's). All things considered (in that no Danish team has practiced outdoors all season long), the meeting was a success. Both sides of the football played well and at the very least, watching this got me even more in the mood to start coaching this coming week.
I asked around during the scrimmage why exactly the Gold Diggers were called what they are and no one could offer me a firm answer. Roughly translated the word "Søllerød" means "poor red." The ironic twist is the team hails from one of the more affluent suburbs of the Capitol City of Copenhagen. Very perplexing. Perhaps they are all very large Kanye West fans.
In any case, the Diggers are a great team with a top notch coaching staff and they will most likely have a great year as they look to repeat as champions in the top division. Likewise, the Tigers will look to build on a strong performance today as the season is nearing ever-closer, starting in mid-April.
After the gridiron action this afternoon, I got to hang out socially with some of the guys from the team that I have not gotten to spend as much time with as of yet. Everyone still has really cool names and one soon finds that in a country of about only five million people, you start to find people from all professions and walks of life involved in the great game of American Football. Tonight for example, I was picked up by a Portuguese man, conversed about Wedding Crashers with a German, enjoyed Carlsberg while listening to Killswitch with a medical student and discussed the finer points of local soft drink favorite Faxe Kondi (an elegant mix of Sprite, 7-Up and Mountain Dew, all made with real sugar) with a forty-year-old who has been on the team since 1989. Only in DK. Pretty tired now; see y'all tomorrow.
Have you tried all the salty licorice yet??
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