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Augie: A little schedule change

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The Augustana basketball teams are in Brazil this week and are blogging on the trip. Chaney Tambling is blogging for the women’s team and you can catch their blog posts on the D3hoops.com Daily Dose. Brandon Motzel is blogging for the men’s team.

After a great first night here in Rio we woke up to a wonderful breakfast in our hotel. Breakfast proved to be very delicious and soon after we took a bus and a tour guide to Sugar Loaf Mountain.

We were supposed to be going to see the Christ the Redeemer statue today, but because of the fog around the top of the statue, the guides and others here in Rio decided to switch the schedule around, which isn’t unlike true Brazilian nature.

The Sugar Loaf Mountain was a beautiful sight. We took two cable car trips up to two different parts of the mountains, one Urca and one Sugar Loaf. While there we got to see various wildlife including very small monkeys and birds. It is a beautiful day and we now set out to the beach for an afternoon of fun in the sand and water!

Augie: Men ready to board

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TamblingThe Augustana basketball teams are heading to Brazil this week and will be blogging on the trip. Brandon Motzel is blogging for the men’s team and you can catch their blog posts on the D3hoops.com Daily Dose. Chaney Tambling is blogging for the women’s team.

Well here we are, sitting in the airport about to board the plane. Everyone drove in safely and on time, coming from around Chicago and the Quad Cities. Well everyone except Jake Norcia. He ended up at the wrong terminal, but eventually he found his way through the airport and met up with us. We made it through security without issue thankfully and now were listening to music, eating at the food court, and riding the moving sidewalks trying to pass the time. Nervous and excited butterflies in all of our stomachs, we all want to touch down in São Paulo as soon as possible and get this trip started!

As excited and amped up as we are, we will need to sleep on the plane because we will start this trip with games on three consecutive nights. While talking with former Viking Bryant Voiles this weekend he told us that it would be tough to sleep with all the movies, shows, and games. He said enjoy fun times with everyone on the plane and eventually we would fall asleep.

We’re about to leave from gate C16! By Mark Roth’s next blog we will have a full day in Brazil and a game under our belts.

Augie: Time on the beach

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The Augustana basketball teams are heading to Brazil this week and will be blogging on the trip. Chaney Tambling is blogging for the women’s team and you can catch their blog posts on the D3hoops.com Daily Dose. Brandon Motzel is blogging for the men’s team.

After getting some much needed sleep, the team set out to find a restaurant for lunch. After eating our first meal, we walked about 5 minutes to the beach. Although it is cloudy and overcast, we decided that there wasn’t a better time to start playing in the water than now.

The beach wasn’t crowded which gave us the perfect opportunity to take lots of pictures and have a little fun while doing it. Now we are back in our hotel and plan on checking out the pool before heading to our first game at 7 p.m.

Augie: Arriving in Rio!

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The Augustana basketball teams are heading to Brazil this week and will be blogging on the trip. Chaney Tambling is blogging for the women’s team and you can catch their blog posts on the D3hoops.com Daily Dose. Brandon Motzel is blogging for the men’s team.

We have arrived in Rio!

After a long day of traveling and airports, the team has arrived. For now we have checked into our hotel, the Merlin Copacabana Hotel, and we are catching up on some much needed sleep. Tonight we will be playing our first game and will get to experience our first night’s stay in Rio!

Heading to Brazil!

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TamblingThe Augustana basketball teams are heading to Brazil this week and will be blogging on the trip. Chaney Tambling is blogging for the women’s team and you can catch their blog posts on the D3hoops.com Daily Dose.

The Augustana women’s basketball team is gearing up for a great trip to Brazil!

After two weekends of intense practices we are now back in our respective hometowns to pack and prepare for the long flight ahead. Words can’t describe how much excitement and anticipation we have going into the trip. We are so excited to be able to play three games, participate in some community service activities and basketball clinics, and enjoy the culture while we are in Rio.

Can’t wait to get there!