[Cracked Sidewalks] Where in the world is .. Chris Grimm

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Where in the world is .. Chris Grimm

Written by: hilltopper91@gmail.com (Kevin Buckley)




Chris Grimm has a blog called "Whistled for Traveling" that often mentions Marquette .. he's playing in Switzerland   .. I think he deserves some Cracked Sidewalks love...

I used to love road trips in college.

What wasn't there to like? We had a charter flight and flew on the Milwaukee Bucks plane. On that plane we got to eat chicken fingers with every kind of dipping sauce imaginable, a ton of snacks and all the pop (I'm from Michigan, get over it) you could drink and that was only the appetizers. For our meal we enjoyed a steak dinner and a few times the steak was from Outback. When we got off the plane we took a bus to a 5 star hotel with heavenly beds. In my 4 years at Marquette I had the opportunity to stay in the heart of Times Square, the Waldorf Astoria and Monte Leon in New Orleans.

Once we were all settled in the hotel we either got pizzas or went out to eat. The favorite place was TGI Fridays and if we were lucky Coach Crean let us have milk shakes for dessert.

It was also awesome to go into other arenas and win. There is no  better feeling than hearing 20,000 fans in Freedom Hall silent at the  end of the game or to play at Notre Dame and come out with a victory. Oh,  how things have changed.
Life in Switzerland  is a lot different. I am playing professional basketball but sometimes  it sure doesn't feel like it.

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Chris is in Lugano, Switzerland which is adjacent to Italy.  Lugano is more more Italian than Swiss German.  A lovely city on a lovely lake.  but, as chris says, those bus trips trough the mountains with all the tunnels and concrete snow sheds can be tiring.  Lugano to Geneva (which is more French than Swiss German ) is actually not all that far as the crow flies.