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Day 13: Dutch Team in Narita
SENDAI / NARITA (Japan) - The Dutch Olympic Softball Team left Sendai on Monday-morning and arrived around 4:30 PM in Narita, where it stays in a hotel close to the international airport. On Tuesday, the team flies to Beijing, where the Olympic Games will open in four days on Friday-evening.
In the morning, we could have a last look to the big and art-filled lobby of the Koyo Grand Hotel in Sendai and were waved goodbye by Mr. Yoshiaki Shimizu of the Sendi Sports Promotion Section.
When the team left the hotel around 9:10 AM, staffmembers of the hotel were outside to say goodbye to the team, which stayed for 12 days in the hotel.
At the hotel, we had a great time and really enjoyed being there. We had good food and the personnel was very helpfull.
In the morning, it had rained in the Sendai-area and on our way, it was a little bit foggy, but when we stopped for lunch halfway the trip to Narita, it was very hot and humid outside.
A good test for the weather conditions we will encounter in Beijing, but there is talk that rain is expected for the end of the week, when the Olympic Games will be officially opened on Friday-evening at 8:00 PM.
After arriving in Narita, the team had a dinner, there was a players' meeting and then everyone was off to their rooms to do the last (re)packing, watch TV, send e-mails and enjoy the last night in Japan.
The baggage of the Dutch Team is lined up in the lobby
The staff of the Koyo Grand Hotel wishes the Dutch Team good luck in Beijing
A last view of the art in the lobby of the Koyo Grand Hotel
Front desk personnel said goodbye to the Dutch Team
Coach Rob Walgien points to our next target: Beijing
Coach Rob Walgien with Mr. Shimizu of the City of Sendai
Fog hang around the mountains in the first hours of our journey to Narita
Time to go to the toilet during our first stop
Noémi Boekel, Jolanda Kroesen, Marloes Fellinger
and Britt Vonk are ready for lunch
Ellen Venker and Daisy de Peinder already enjoy their lunch
Physical Therapist Rob Oskam shows a new kind of sunglasses
The hotel in Narita is next to the international airport
Go back to the schedule of the Japan Tour
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