Wartburg Women's Soccer Team

Wartburg Men's Soccer Team

Buenas Dias! 

My name is Lindsey Boyke, I'm from Verona, Wisconsin and I'm a rising senior captain for the women's soccer team. Today is the first official day of our Spain blog, which means we are super close to finally being out of Iowa and off to Europe! While we'll all be scurrying around packing our bags and trying not to forget our soccer gear the next couple days, we'll also be trying to contain our excitement. Both the men's and women's teams will be flying out of Chicago O'Hara airport Saturday evening, landing in Paris, France Sunday morning and catching a connecting flight to Barcelona, Spain a few hours later. I think to say we're all dying of anticipation is quite an understatement for both programs. It's definitely been a long and antsy finals week for sure! 

The rest of the days we have the opportunity to visit popular beaches and tour cities such as Barcelona, Madrid and Toledo to see historic sites. And of course, both teams will be attending a professional La Liga match Getafe CF vs. RCD Mallorca, which hopefully tops off the trip! Just as a small preview of our trip, we'll not only be playing games and having practices in Spain, but we'll also be doing a great deal of site seeing as well. Each team will play 3 games against local clubs.  The women's team will be playing against Barcelona Seagulls, Prainsa Zaragoza, and AD Torrejon CF.  The men's team will be facing Unificacion Barcelona, CD Delicias Zaragoza, and CD San Fernando.  

It's going to be a busy, packed week filled with early mornings and late nights.  However, I know the experience will be completely worth it. How often do teams get the opportunity to do what we'll be doing - traveling abroad, playing soccer and creating lasting experiences with our teammates? Hardly ever. So you can just imagine how ridiculously excited we all are for this trip to finally be here!!  We plan to update the blog throughout our trip and we hope you are able to follow us on this exciting journey!