{"id":190,"date":"2015-12-23T12:55:16","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T17:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/KevinCroll.com\/?p=190"},"modified":"2015-12-27T15:56:27","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T20:56:27","slug":"47-9-18-00-collaroy-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/KevinCroll.com\/?p=190","title":{"rendered":"47: 9-18-00 Collaroy Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Collaroy Beach<\/span><\/h2>\n
\"Kevin

Kevin on Collaroy Beach<\/p><\/div>\n

9\/18\/00<\/p>\n

10:45 AM<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally made it back to the beach. Well, not quite yet.<\/p>\n

– – – – – – –<\/p>\n

OK, now I am. Things have been moving at a rapid pace. Yesterday, what did we do? Ate becky I think. Made our way back to Darling. Took some pictures; it was a nice day. Today is too. Like Queensland. Well, almost. Got a UPS pin for knowing what UPS stands for. Spoke with Marc a bit, as I alluded to last night. Had some guy get pictures with my hat. The hat is quite popular with the masses. Plenty of comments & Aussie cheers.<\/p>\n

Went to our 12:30 volleyball match. Huge line to get in, but we walked right up to a gate as they opened it. \u00a0For some reason they weren\u2019t checking anyone\u2019s bags. That made me uncomfortable.<\/p>\n

The first game featured Russia and Yugoslavia. Good game, lots of talent \u2026 except for Sack-Off or Yakov or whoever. Number 10. He could serve, and that\u2019s it. The Russians won 3-1. The Cuba v Netherlands was an awesome game. Fast paced, full of action, spirit. The Dutch were all wearing bright orange, chanting Holland cheers. It was great. I had to route for Cuba, the underdogs. They lost 0-3, but all three were close.<\/p>\n

That was about the time the drinking started. And it continued until I went to bed. On our way to Homebush for gymnastics, we picked up a 6 pack of VB.<\/p>\n

Ah, walking the streets of the Olympic City, 4:30 in the afternoon, beer in hand.<\/p>\n

Wow, I can\u2019t even do an entire entry anymore. So we went to Homebush Bay for gymnastics. I got caught with my last beer at the security check, but the guy was cool. So we walked around, snapped some pictures, met a guy from Jersey. It was alright. We finally made our way into the venue, had more to drink, & watched the scrub competition.<\/p>\n

Between the beer, the experience, and the height (6th last row) it was very surreal. Took the train back to Central, had a few drinks at the Scubar. Met two locals who Marc enjoyed keeping company with. Tried to see a Latin Band, but too late. Had pizza, pissed at a hotel, walked to the Quay, took the train home.<\/p>\n

This bus is too freakin bumpy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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