Another city, another game abroad! For our second game in
France, we traveled to Toulouse where we had a city tour during the day, and a
game at night. The atmosphere as we arrived to the field was just as exhilarating
as the first game with people there to welcome us and bring us to our locker
room. It is always fun when we get to play at night under the lights, so being able to do it in France made it that much more exciting. We walked out onto the field where we were greeted by 3 different local teams who we would be playing in a 8v8 tournament before our 11v11 games.
Everyone from the local teams were just as gracious and welcoming as the first. In between games we would try and get to know each other through the few that knew english and exchanged stories and facts about the game we both loved. We ended up having two 8v8 teams and were able to both play two games before we continued our short careers abroad against Montauban, a League 2 team in the professional division.
We were just as nervous to play another talented team as we waited for the whistle to blow to start our game. From the very beginning it was a quick paced and challenging game. We were able to keep up with them throughout the game and ended up even getting a couple goals in the process! It was a great experience to play such a talented team and to be able to see how we faced up against a professional team. It was a great second game abroad and made us that much more excited for the next one!
We walked along the stone walls learning that they have 52 massive towers that
were once used to protect the city against invaders. After the tour we got inside as soon as possible to enjoy lunch at one of Carcassonne’s local restaurants.
Some of the braver people on the trip even had the opportunity to try one of
the foods France is known for, snails! "They do not taste bad they just have a weird texture" seemed to be the consensus of trying the snails. Would you have been one of the brave people to try something new?! 
After our lunch of pizza, burgers, and snail, we were off to
the city of Arles. It started to warm up on this city tour which was one of the
best parts about being able to walk around. Throughout the trip we had numerous
local guides who would take us through their city and show us all of the highlights.
Our tour guide through Arles was one of the sassiest and funniest guides we
have had throughout our trip. She knew so much about the city and made the tour
different and interesting as we walked through the city of Arles. We went to the Arles Amphitheater which was a two-tiered Roman amphitheater
that was inspired by the famous Colosseum in Rome. It was now home to many different stray cats who meandered about as we wandered up the seats of the stadium. Senior Josie Mazzone, a well known dog lover, even tried to take one home but that was quickly shut down by our "not-a-cat-person" Coach. 
