Still in Serbia

Hey, everyone
Today was a very interesting day for me. I woke up this morning and headed to practice. I had a good drill and my first to live goes went well also. My third match was with the 1# Serbian at 60kg. This guy has been a bully to some of my team mates all week but today he met his match cause i wasn't having it. He went to smacking me in the face so I smacked back and we traded stuff back and forth. Smacks turned to punches and head bunts but I kept coming. I'm not saying that my behavior was the right way to handle the situation, but I just felt like battling. Before, practice I was complaining about how sore I was and how it has been hard for me getting back into things. This little fight got me excited about getting back on the mat and competing again. I actually was looking forward to the next practice to see if the battle would continue. The next practice things had cooled off and things were back to normal. Friday we will be leaving Serbia and heading to Hungary were some of the guys will compete in a tournament. The town we are in right now is actually Momir's the coach for the OTC child hood home. We had a great welcoming at a nice restaurant were they prepared a fest for us. Most of the people in the town have been great, but their is one guy who say's some nasty things to us about America every time we pass him on are way to use the Internet. We look at him and just keep walking. When I get back to the States I am going to do some research on the relationship between Serbia and the U.S. I have heard many stories since i been here and i am looking forward to learning more. I should have looked in to it more before i came but it didn't cross my mind until this guy started saying things to us. Two weeks away from home seems like forever. I can't wait to get back. Thanks for reading my blogs I hope they are interesting to you all. Willie