I know I'm not the only one attending, so hopefully others will post here, with their own experiences...
Meanwhile, here I am in Bergamo, city of speed bumps and traffic lights...
Stephane and Deniss were there to greet me when I arrived at my hotel. I dropped my stuff and left for the rink... Joshi was in the hotel lobby to see me off. (OK, "greet" and "see me off" in this case actually means they were there, but were completely unaware of my presence LOL ;-D)
At the rink, I collected my 3 day pass, attached to a lanyard that is unlikely to last 3 hours without my pass dropping off, never mind 3 days. Have to do something about that. The day's practice were mostly over, so I ate some pasta in the rink café during Zamboni break, then down to the rink to watch the last practice session of the day - with Team USA.
Jason landed some 3A's, and an excellent 3A+3T. His quads were not working at all though... I saw maybe 10 attempts and none of them successful, all falls and pops.
The spectator area actually has wooden benches (well, planks really LOL) bolted on top of the concrete steps, so not quite as bad as I was expecting...!
I saw the draw. Most of the skaters seemed to be there. It's awesome to surrounded by so many famous faces...!By the way, the official advised the skaters going to the practice sessions at "the other rink" (Palasesto), to allow 1.5 hours to get there on the official shuttle bus, because traffic might be bad...!
Well, looking forward to tomorrow...
Meanwhile, here I am in Bergamo, city of speed bumps and traffic lights...
Stephane and Deniss were there to greet me when I arrived at my hotel. I dropped my stuff and left for the rink... Joshi was in the hotel lobby to see me off. (OK, "greet" and "see me off" in this case actually means they were there, but were completely unaware of my presence LOL ;-D)
At the rink, I collected my 3 day pass, attached to a lanyard that is unlikely to last 3 hours without my pass dropping off, never mind 3 days. Have to do something about that. The day's practice were mostly over, so I ate some pasta in the rink café during Zamboni break, then down to the rink to watch the last practice session of the day - with Team USA.
Jason landed some 3A's, and an excellent 3A+3T. His quads were not working at all though... I saw maybe 10 attempts and none of them successful, all falls and pops.
The spectator area actually has wooden benches (well, planks really LOL) bolted on top of the concrete steps, so not quite as bad as I was expecting...!
I saw the draw. Most of the skaters seemed to be there. It's awesome to surrounded by so many famous faces...!By the way, the official advised the skaters going to the practice sessions at "the other rink" (Palasesto), to allow 1.5 hours to get there on the official shuttle bus, because traffic might be bad...!
Well, looking forward to tomorrow...