On Wednesdays We Wear Shorts

Upon leaving the club "Le Parte" one night, a guy named Erick came up to us and started talking to us. We sat outside the club for about an hour just talking. He told us that every Wednesday, there is a big group of people of all nationalities that play touch rugby at one of the fields in town. We decided we would try it out. When we went on the first Wednesday, I have to admit I was a little nervous. I had no idea how to play rugby. When they were explaining the rules, it seemed really complicated and I was confused. However, when we started to play, it was actually really simple and easy to pick up. After the first Wednesday, everybody went over to one of the guys houses for a big BBQ. It was a lot of fun and we met some really nice people there. We only wished that we would've found out about rugby before our stay was already halfway over in Iringa. A lot of the people that play rugby are involved with the international school in Iringa. Some of the students come out and play and a lot of the people who teach there. There are also just other people that are in town doing volunteer work that come out and play. Ever since that first Wednesday, we look forward to rugby every week. I mean, it's the one day of the week that we get to wear shorts instead of skirts! It's also really nice to get some exercise for once. I'm used to exercising everyday and it's definitely been hard to not exercise at all here. I feel really out of shape. We were sad that yesterday was our last rugby match for a while. About 30 people come out every week to play rugby and we have met a lot of different people from all over the world. I'm really glad that we found out about rugby and that we decided to give it a try even though none of us had any clue on how to play rugby in the first place. These past 4 weeks were definitely a great experience. 

This is the field that we play on. Normally we play 2 rugby games on half of the rugby field, and there is normally a group of people playing soccer on the other half: