{"id":7340,"date":"2013-12-06T13:47:05","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T13:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/julie-forster-blog-spot-4-thanksgiving-in-denmark-4\/"},"modified":"2013-12-06T13:47:05","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T13:47:05","slug":"julie-forster-blog-spot-4-thanksgiving-in-denmark-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techiteens.com\/review\/julie-forster-blog-spot-4-thanksgiving-in-denmark-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie Forster Blog Spot #4: Thanksgiving in Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Julie Forster Blog Spot #4: Thanksgiving in Denmark<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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COPENHAGEN \u2013<\/strong> Former Great Dane standout Julie Forster<\/a> is playing for Stevnsgade BBK in Denmark in her first professional season. After ten games, she is leading her team with 21.5 points and 18.2 rebounds a contest, earning double doubles in all ten games thus far.\u00a0 She is keeping track of her time overseas with a blog, and she checks in with UAlbany about celebrating Thanksgiving in Denmark and coaching.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe celebrated Thanksgiving last week by cooking a Thanksgiving meal for our team. \u00a0For many it was their first Thanksgiving, and they were excited to see how it would compare to what they\u2019ve seen in the movies. \u00a0We were able to find many of the foods here but had to get a few things sent in for the occasion. \u00a0Thankfully, they have frozen turkeys in Denmark around Thanksgiving time. That said, they were a little smaller than the ones we are used to in the states, and we ended up buying two to make sure we had enough. \u00a0The menu included turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, corn, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie. \u00a0The team really seemed to enjoy the meal although you could tell it was the first time for many of them as they were overwhelmed with the amount of food. \u00a0Overall, it was fun to share an American tradition with them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Coaching the younger players continues to be entertaining. It\u2019s nice to see the girls are improving, but just as important to see they are enjoying it. \u00a0One of the girls even came to practice\u00a0recently\u00a0wearing basketball shoes, a first for our team. \u00a0Just to remind me we are still in Denmark, her teammate took off her sneakers in the middle of practice and started playing barefoot! \u00a0Despite the communication barrier, we often can share a laugh at the funny things that happen at practice. \u00a0I\u2019ve been told my Danish has been improving by the parents and many of the players are getting better at their\u00a0English as well. \u00a0One of our ten-year-old\u00a0players was particularly excited to state that there were \u201cfive\u201d players on her team.<\/span><\/p>\n

Basketball has been going well. We have now played every team in our league once and are just beginning our second round. \u00a0It is similar to the league schedule of the America East in that you play every team twice, once at home and once away. \u00a0We\u2019re currently fourth in the league and have two more games until Christmas break.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve enjoyed watching a number of the UAlbany women\u2019s basketball games online and it\u2019s exciting to see them having so much success. \u00a0With a six-hour time difference, I prefer the afternoon games but I watch them either way when I can.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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