FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Papua New Guinea is hosting the FIFA Under 20 Women's World Cup for the next 3 weeks. This is the same tournament that was in Canada in 2014. Team Canada flew into Port Moresby last Wednesday and Melissa and Al organized a small welcoming committee to greet them at the airport.

Security was a lot tighter than we expected. We thought we could just wait in the arrivals area to greet the team, but that was not happening, no matter how hard Melissa tried.

We weren't the only ones at the airport to greet them though, groups of local school children were designated to each country to welcome the teams and cheer them on.

The newspapers were there to cover the arrivals - Lori and I made the local paper with Sienna.

Canada's first game was on Sunday against Spain. Another Canadian couple, who work with Melissa at Exxon, invited us over for brunch before the game and we had a great time. Darlene is an amazing host and cook. We had a waffle bar, fresh fruit salad and smoked salmon and eggs to name a few.

Of course we had to have coconuts filled with rum as well.

Eventually we made it to the game and we sat right behind the Canadian bench to cheer them on.

The Canadians played well, but the Spanish team was just too fast. Spain won 5-0. I think the Canadian girls were struggling with the heat and humidity as well. Quite a few of them were suffering from leg cramps. Even thought they lost, we had a lot of fun cheering them on. TSN is showing the games back in Canada and I've been told that we made it on screen a couple of times.

Canada also plays Japan and Nigeria in the preliminary round, but Lori and I won't be able to go to those games. We fly to Sydney on Thursday to meet our cruise ship. We are going on an 11-night cruise to Fiji and New Caledonia. I'll update you when we get back.

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Sunsets

Like most tropical locations, we get some pretty great sunsets here. On Friday night we were invited out with Melissa and Al for a sunset cruise and I managed to get a couple of good pictures.

Then on Sunday night we invited some of Lori's colleagues over to our place for a couple of sundowners. Most of the year we can't see the sunset from our balcony, but as we approach the summer solstice (remember we are in the southern hemisphere) we can see it.

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