Men's Soccer Embarks on Sixth Trip Abroad
The Penn State Behrend men's soccer team will embark on their sixth international trip and first-ever journey to Reykjavik (Iceland), Amsterdam (Holland), Bruges (Belgium) and Paris (France) for a nine-day excursion from May 10-19.
ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's soccer team will embark on their sixth international trip and first-ever journey to Reykjavik (Iceland), Amsterdam (Holland), Bruges (Belgium) and Paris (France) for a nine-day excursion from May 10-19.
The Lions are looking forward to the cultural experience of these four cities after spending time in England (1998), Italy (2002), Germany (2006), Brazil (2010) and most recently Spain (2013).
The team is scheduled to depart for Europe on Tuesday, May 10 from Toronto and arrive in their first city of Reykjavik on Wednesday morning, May 11 and embark on a tour of the Golden Circle before they meet their first international opponent, HK SC, that evening.
After one day in Reykjavik, they fly to Amsterdam where they will spend their next two days touring the city and going on a private tour of the city's canals.
From Amsterdam, the team moves to Bruges for a day and finally on to Paris for the final three days of the trip. They are journeying on guided city tours with free time to explore on their own in each city, while in Paris they will see the Eiffel Tower the first night as well as a tour of the Seine River on their final night abroad.
Members of the team will be posting blogs from their trip which can be followed at psblions.com