Happy Fourth of July, to all you Americans out there! (And to you British, well, 231 years of gloating.)

What better place to spend Independence Day than in Taipei, right? That’s what UW-Stout men’s coach Eddie Andrist is doing. He’s coaching the Qatar national team again this summer, as he did the summer he was first hired by the Blue Devils.

Andrist has been blogging about the experience, as his team advanced to the finals of the Friendship Games before falling to Kazakhstan. Follow along and enjoy your Fourth.