Tyrell Johnston Blog#7 From Aarhus Denmark

Hey everyone this week has been pretty dull. Dull as in I love it here but it was pretty much the same as every other week nothing to exciting. So I imagine this blog will be a little shorter than usual. Well let’s get it started then. Monday was early morning workout then handball in the afternoon. One of our main coaches is gone all week so we had another coach. He was a really good coach. Then Tuesday we had handball in the morning and then Danish team coach class then followed by club practice. Next day was Wednesday it was a nice rest day as usual other then early morning workout and then followed by some r and r my favourite thing. Thursday we had practice with the professional girls again except they were missing some players because team Denmark had a tournament. Which just so happened to be in Arhus but at this point I haven’t got to go watch it yet. But we did team fast break drills against each other and then we scrimmaged for two 15min halves. Playing much better than last time I do believe we won both but I can’t be too sure. Friday we had early morning practice but it would our last practice till next Friday because we (the school) are going to a place called sleatten. So we played games against each other and of course my team dominated. It feels quite good to be a winner.
Sleatten (ignore the spelling) is a nature place where we are spending the week. Well until Thursday morning when we will be biking back. The full years who have gone before say it is awesome so I hope its something special. But this also means I wont be practicing till Thursday after noon. Good thing about it is its 50 km a way and we’re going by bike. Oh you guys didn’t really believe that as if I’d be happy to bike 5okms I don’t think I could walk 1. It’s a damn good thing I get to go by car because I have a game this afternoon. Although I don’t think ill be playing because of documentation issues. Anyway lets get back to the rest of the week.
Friday afternoon we had a school assembly. Later that night there was a school party. Pf course I went however I only made a guest appearance and did not party with all my Danish friends. Um Saturday I got up bright and early to do some laundry and clean my room. It was nasty. After that I went with my friend to bet on the semi-finals of the international tournament here in Arhus. It was France vs Russia and spain vs Norway. It was a shame because I think France and Russia were the best two teams. And by that I mean they were amazing and they were straight up beasts! But yeah after that I hung out at the school and watched some soccer. Then I went to bed and woke this morning to watch everyone leave on their bikes (hehehehehe). And now I'm here waiting for my coach to pick me up for the game. And I still have a little laundry to get done before i leave so I gotta go now . later yall.

Tyrell Johnston Blog#6 From Aarhus Denmark

Dear world last night I got my disco on. But that story can wait till after the basic run through of the week. This weekend was kind of crazy but I can’t right every story in here or I wouldn’t sleep till like Wednesday. But lets start with Monday. On Monday I had a nice workout as early as it was. Then we had a school assembly where I catch up on my nap time seeing that most of it is for the Danish students anyway. I'm not sure if that’s really true but that’s my excuse for napping. Anyway then we had lunch and then handball in the afternoon. After handball we had a Danish test to see what level we are at. My teacher said my level was high for a Danish challenged boy just kidding. However it was higher then everyone expected including me but it was like that for the whole class. Anyways that test was fricken hard I just guessed the whole time. After that I just hung around the school. Tuesday was the average day, Handball in the morning and Danish team coach class in the afternoon. I didn’t goto club practice that night because they coach was sick so I had no way of getting there seeing that its about 45 mins from the school. Wednesday was a rest day so I rested and I rested quite well. Wait I had a workout in the morning. Just like last week the Danish kids had to goto a play and all us cool international kids just watched a movie together. It was a very nice day. Thursday had a little twist to it.
So it started with practice at 8 in the morning but we were practicing with one of the girls top division teams. They were fresher then fresh. It was the team we watched last Sunday and again one day kraig youll be as good as them. Wait that means me too. In the practice we did a team fast break drill they beat us all three times. Then we played 2 halves against them we lost the first one then won the second. Then in the afternoon that day I had a friendly match with my club team. We won by 2 I think and I had 1 goal (I wanna be like shaq). Except shaq wishes he had right wing credentials like I do. Then it was Friday. Friday was a little different we had our first school game. We won by like 3 I think. I didn’t start but I played 45 minutesish and had 2 goals. We played against another school like the one I'm at. After that I went to the center with my future wife hehehe to the center by the school to buy some disco clothes for the disco party but I didn’t find anything. Then I made plans to go downtown but I got to tired so I went to bed. I probably would’ve gone if my roommate was here but he had a race in Copenhagen. Saturday morning I went downtown to buy disco stuff. I only bought a 100% gay hat and some super cool glasses that Courtney would totally be jealous of. I also had to buy some new shoes cause mine broke earlier this week and I got sick of taping my shoe. That’s right Tyrell is wearing handball shoes. Then it was disco night at the school and what can I say about that night? CRAZY!!!!!!!! But that’s a when I get home story. Now I'm finally at today which was the laziest day of my life. Me and some of the guys went for pizza at lunch it was a nice change of pace. Then we watched a couple of movies and some nfl. It was was a solid week. Until next time yall

Tyrell Johnston Blog#5 From Aarhus Denmark

Sup my peeps. This week was some old crazy s**t. actually not really at all but it was a solid week. Except for the weekend it was pretty busy. I could use like a solid 2 days to sleep. I’ll just have to go to bed early tonight. Anyway let’s start this week off from where it started….Monday? I'm not sure cause off the early morning workout it still throws me off. It is something I would never ever do at home. After that we had handball in the afternoon. And of course Danish class (my absolute favourite). Then all of a sudden it was Tuesday. This was nice because we had handball in the morning then the afternoon off because the Danish kids had stuff for upcoming Danish elections. What?! Same thing on Wednesday you’ve got to be kidding me. Oh and a day off that nice real nice. Then Thursday was back to work handball in the morning and at night. Oh but we also had our 1 on 1 meetings with the coach which was good and very beneficial. Friday was the best day of the week. Practice got cancelled in the morning so I went to breakfast then slept till lunch but it gets better. Then my club coach picked me for a training camp. Except that afternoon it was a game. We won by about four I had 2 goals. Anyway the camp was about 2 hours away so we stayed there the weekend and had a room where we all played games.
Now Saturday was also a good day. We woke up and went for breakfast then we had a nice early morning practice. Wait it wasn’t that early it was like 10 in the morning but still too early for a Saturday. Then we had lunch and free time. I went to store with a few of the guys on the team. And it was the cheapest store I’ve seen yet while here in Denmark. Seeing that everything here is so expensive here. The prices you pay for top living in the world. The sad thing about it was I didn’t bring any money with me but it’s a good thing I would’ve just bought candy. I know none of you are surprised about that. Anyway after that we had another practice and then we had the most amazing lasagne. Then the team hung around for a bit and when we went back to our rooms I passed out at like 1030. It was a much needed sleep.
Sunday is my church day. Well it was back home (gmoney you know what I'm talking about). But today I made an appearance in church and our team was winning but then the called the game about 2omins in the second half for some reason spoken in Danish so I don’t know why we stopped but we were up 20-19. I had 1 goal and missed the most perfect shot I’ve ever shot from the 9m. It broke my heart but forget about that. After that we had lunch and drove home. And I made it back just in time to watch the girls top division game. And the home team lost by about 10 but damn! They were so good. Matt it’s a good thing you weren’t in net you would’ve cried. And kraig if you’re lucky you’ll be that good one day. But I'm out world, time to kick it with my Danish crew.

Tyrell Johnston Blog#4 From Aarhus Denmark

Yo yo yo what is up Canada. So today I am pretty tired it was a long but excellent week. So Monday starts with a 730 workout. Way to early but when I'm all ripped and look like superman it will totally be worth it. Then in the afternoon we had practice with the school and I think that was that. Tuesday was morning practice then Danish team coach class in the afternoon (now that its regular school schedule). And then after that I went to club practice with grenaa or granaa (I think that’s the name). It was pretty good and the level is pretty good. Wednesday was another when I woke my arm was hurting a little from shooting so much but it was a handball free day so it was whatever. Then we broke into teams and had a culture day competition. Our group performed a little play and baked a World War 2 cake it was so epic. That night I found out we were supposed to scrimmage against a girls top league team. It was all pretty cool except instead of 9:30 like practice usually is on Thursday we had to be at the gym at 8 in the morning. Now imagine how made everyone was in the morning when there was mistake with the gym time and we basically got up for no reason but it was a nice day got lots sleeping done. I just asked myself what Shaqy bbq or explosive Dan would do…. Wait E.D wouldn’t have gotten up. Then Thursday afternoon I had Danish team coach class again it’s a pretty good class I think I’m coming for matt rufs assistance coaching job. After that it was time for dinner where me and a few guys decided we gonna make or own jersey shore. Except we calling international shore it is gonna be so dope.
This brings us to Friday were our sleep in also got ruined cause they had to start practice early. After lunch we had a school meeting that took about an hour then we had the rest of the time to us. So I just hung out around the school playing pool and foosball. Later that night we played some poker. After that was a just some tv until it was time for bed. Bam Saturday morning game day. That’s right my first game in Denmark we lost by 3 or 4 and I had 1 goal. But it was a tournament so we had another game that we also lost. But I played better I had 4 goals and got my first 2 min in Denmark (gift to all the sr men you would’ve loved it). By that I mean it was a clean hit but the guy hit the floor too hard (if that’s possible) and I got the deuces. When I got home I was a little tired but there was a top league match. It was awesome I can’t wait for the regular season to start I’ll be watching it like every day. Then that night there was a party at the school. I made a small appearance but had to go to bed seeing that I had to get up at like 7 in the morning. And that brings us to today. We won both our games and the team played a lot better then yesterday. We won our first game by like 20 something I had 7 that game. Then our second game we won by like 5 or so I had 0 but I had another 2min not such a good one this time. And that brings me to now. And now its time to shower and go to lunch then do some laundry then the worlds greatest thing…. A nap oh and some massages that I won in a today.