From The Mitten (Michigan) to The Boot (Italy)

Incoming senior and team captain Christine Sorensen (AKA Sea Sore) has spent the past semester in Rome, where she just finished up her finals. She sends us a message and a few photos.

Ciao from Roma!

I cannot believe my time abroad is almost over. It has been one of the most wonderful experiences of my life. I've been able to travel around Europe too which has added to the experience. Everyday on my walk to school I pass ruins, Piazza Navona and St. Peters Basilica. Everywhere I go in Rome there is tons of history and also tons of people. The Roman people are a special breed which has taken time to get used to, but I know when I leave I will miss them. For instance, on my run the other day I saw a man walking around in regular man clothes, but with high heels on. He rocked them.

The Roman people also make intense soccer fans. Rome won against Lazio (it is kind of like a White Sox vs. Cubs game) and EVERYONE in Rome went wild. Wild is an understatement actually. The streets were not silent until 1 am. People were waving flags on their Vespas, out their car windows etc. It was madness. I did go to a Roma soccer match. It was the coolest thing to experience. A lot of that had to do with the fact that David Beckham played and he took off his shirt. ;)


Rome has been great, but I am looking forward to my return and to a wonderful season coming up!

Arrivederci,
Sea Sore

Greece, part II

From Webby:

Cliff diving has happened multiple times.

Hostels are okay at best--I have 45 bug bites from our last one which is not ideal..We also are not allowed to flush toilet paper down most of the toilets in them, so that's fun.



Coolest thing I've done is play pick up soccer against cocky Bulgarian guys who thought they were gonna own us and then when we started playing and BEAT them they shut up, it was legit.

Nafplion and Mykonos have been our favorite places I'd say and we've done some pretty sick hikes to see some cool views/sunsets. I attached a couple of pictures. The first is from Nafplion and the second is from the island of Delos which is right off of Mykanos. Third is our view from our hotel:Paradise Beach.

Foresters, The Greece Contingent

Four of our players are in Greece this quarter, touring the country and learning about Greek culture, politics, and history along with 20 other Lake Forest students and professors.

Above is a photo of a couple of them cliff-diving. Below is a short summary of what they have been up to. (Since they wrote it to their coaches it's heavy on the "we have been working out, promise!" type stuff.)

From C.C.:

All is well over here in Greece! I'm working on postcards right now in the lounge of our hostel, about to go on a jog around the Acropolis. Yes, really.

Us soccer girls have been really busy in Greece: we just got back from a 2-day stay in Olympus (Webs and I received the silver and bronze medals in the sprint competition at the site of the first Hellenic games in 776 B.C.E...Joc and BZ were unable to compete due to illness but had they participated the races would have been much closer) and now we have a few days in Athens before we head off to Mykonos for about 4 days. The weather has been wonderful here so we've all been working out quite a bit, relaxing on the beach, and enjoying the fine Greek cuisine--Webs and I tried snails while we stayed on Crete!--but nothing can keep us away from a good ol' Starbucks fix once in a while. Don't fret though, as it is not all fun and games: we have been on-site at sanctuaries, temples, palaces, and have visited a plethora of museums during our stay here.


From Jocelyn:

Tonight, I played soccer with some locals with Emily and Devin (CC was doing laundry, and BZ has been sick). Didn't realize the plan was to jog over to a field to play, so I went in khacki shorts, a fleece, and a regular bra. I looked as ridiculous as the people who ski in jeans, but we won a game and kept up fairly well.

From Webby:

Look at us reppin our LFC soccer gear!






More updates on spring practice and off-campus players to follow! Happy Spring everyone.