The motivation for my current trip to Europe is to compete in an over-60 soccer tournament with my Concord United team. The Italian Police Association is organizing the competition, and the other teams appear to be made up of police from different regions of the country. This evening our squad converged on the small seaside town of San Benedetto del Tronto located on the Adriatic coast. I traveled from Rome by bus. The trip took only two and a half hours which was faster than the train that many of my compatriots used. The competition starts tomorrow with two matches in the afternoon. I am predicting that we will either win big or lose big. Stay tuned.

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