Back From Oslo

I'm back from the Nordic Network of English Speaking Schools Sports Tournament. I went with a group of kids from my school. the group comprised of 4 teams: 2 girls' basketball teams and 2 boys' soccer teams. I was on the 'big' soccer team, with the other older guys (grades 8 and 9).
We left from Arlanda airport at 5:30 AM on Thursday, and got there 45 minutes later. We flew on a 'no-frills' airline, which means that many of the usual included features are left out, for example meals, assigned seats and built-in entertainment systems.
we took a bus from the Oslo airport straight to Oslo International School (OIS) where we dropped off our bags and entered the tournaments. Our soccer tournament went like this:
-We lose badly against a really good team
-We tie with a team 0-0. we actually scored on them, but it was a hard goal to call and the referee, probably a little biased, gave the other team the benefit of the doubt. I was goalie the whole time.
-we completely clobber another team. We switch out the goalie multiple times, but the other team never gets the ball on our side of the field for more than 30 seconds.
-we beat the last team solidly.
We didn't make it to the finals by one point. we would have gotten in if the ref had been watching more closely on our second game...
oh well.

We slept in the school overnight. There was a disco, but it didn't look very good and I was not in the mood for loud music after the tournament, let alone Sports day at school the day before.
Today we went sightseeing and saw the Oslo ski jump, then went shopping and ate lunch at McDonalds.
then we went back to the airport for our flight back, during which -- I thought i should mention -- nothing wholly remarkable happened.
Now I'm back here, and have things to do.

P.S. I love astroturf.