Day 7 - Tuesday, July 14th

Today we had a practice early in the morning. I still have a little spring to my step after 4 or 5 days of playing.

Then we had a tour bus take us on a tour of the Northern part of the country by the Sea of Galilee and the Golan Heights. It's right on the border between Israel and Jordan.

We also went to this hot mineral spring spa. Hot water comes up from under the ground and has all these minerals in it that are supposed to have these healing powers that make your muscles feel better and fix any cuts you have. It was like being in a huge giant hot tub. They have areas where you can lie down in the water, areas where the water pours over your head, areas where the water bubbles up from the floor or the wall. It was so relaxing. Just don't tell my wife about this because she'll get mad that I'm relaxing while she's working.

On our way back to Haifa we stopped at the the Jordan River at the place where it is believed that Jesus was baptised. Christians from all over the world come here to get baptised and bring back what is considered holy water.

Tomorrow we have our next game in the morning against England. We really need to win. The guys from the younger USA team are going to come watch us play and cheer us on. It'll be good to have some fans.