Our second day began with breakfast. The team ate at 8.30am on the top floor of the hotel where breakfast is served. The meal is well balanced, with eggs (scrambled and boiled), cereal, fruit, waffles, juices, tea, oats, etc. One can sit on the inside or outside on the very large open space on the rooftop. After breakfast, everyone relaxed for a couple of hours, then we went to practice. We located a field (astro turf) approximately three blocks from the hotel that we can use at any time. We had an invigorating two hour session where the boys got accustomed to the speed of the ball on the surface.

 

Later in the afternoon, we went into downtown Flushing and visited the mall. Of course, the boys enjoyed perusing the area and purchasing items that they needed. Dinner was eaten at Applebees in the mall. We returned to the hotel as we had come, by bus, which was also an interesting experience for some of the boys who have never travelled to New York or the USA. Tomorrow will be the journey by train, when we go into Manhattan.