Quick Update

Hello all, sorry for the long delay between posts. Things have been very busy here as we try to figure out the living situations for all of our import players. There are two players from Florida State, a player from Southern Methodist University, one from Valdosta State in Georgia, myself and Michael from IC, and possibly one other American player coming from the University of Buffalo. On top of these imports, there are three from Finalnd and one from Sweden. That is a lot of players to put into different apartments throughout town, and getting the living situation figured out is a bit of a task, but we've almost completed the task.

Practices are going well. Our defense looks very, very strong. Offensively, we still have some work that needs to be done, but I think we have the potential to be very good on the outsides and put up a lot of points. Our first game is March 27th, and from then on we play nearly every weekend. More football updates to come.

This weekend six of the imports will be traveling via train to Milan, Italy. We will leave Austria early Saturday morning and return Monday afternoon. On our way to Milan, we have a six hour layover in Verona, Italy (the setting of Romeo and Juliet for any of you literature buffs out there.

I will write again next week, and will have pictures of Italy to show you. For now, I will leave a couple of pictures of Lindau, Germany at the bottom of this post. Lindau is an island on Lake Constance that is only about a 30 minute train ride from my house. It is a nice town with a cool harbor and a nice view of both the Swiss and Austrian Alps.

Hope all is well in the States.
Go Blue Devils/Boys!
Mitch Niekamp

Lighthouse at the Port of Lindau

Churches in the center of Lindau