First official day - May 17, 2009
Briefly ... a very long day is over. If you have been mentioned as transport were not easy, though yesterday was the icing on the cake! To get to our training in the morning, it took 30 minutes to walk a big sun (about 29-30 degrees) to go rafting club. This is called a warming!
arrived at the club, we could see an old compatriot as many know Val Bertrand. It is always the same! Then, 20 minutes by bus to get to the sprint. The section is really nice, it was hot and many teams in the line-up! 2 runs 2 minutes, our lines were beautiful and dine under the intense heat + sunburn to go! Then pass to board in a shuttle back to the "bridge" the point closest to our villa - so 20 minutes walk. But Eureka, a local bus driver took pity on us and left us at the door (he knew where we lived!). Oops, we left the guys in the sprint derrrière us with the keys! Long live the great windows that open!
Then a van for 7 people finally came to pick us ... ideal for 15 people with 2 bags each plus mega paddles! Our dear mayor (and neighbor, and best fan) helped to bring us back to the "bridge" to wait for a bus ... a bus FULL! (It was really sad, her son cried after we left qu'il nous a informé ... on a vraiment marqué cette famille par notre présence, on les a même revu à la cérémonie en soirée. Ils seront assurément nos plus grands fans à chaque épreuve!!!) Mais comme ils ont dit... "you have to compress!!" Bref, les 7 filles ont embarqué sans bagages de peine et misère et laissant derrières nos hommes et tous les bagages! Merci les gars! Mais bon, ils ont réussi à arriver avant nous!! Quelques détours et discussions ont agrémentés notre transport!
Enfin 18h, on a pris une douche et on est bien habillé et rendez-vous pour souper! Toutes les tables sont prises, il fait +40, people smoke in the room, there could almost Chow and eat the sandwich! yes!
Then we went to the starting point for opening ceremonies. We advance with a raft and children in a street crowded on the sidewalks cheering ... short, nearly one kilometer of people everywhere! super awesome! Canada has a really good reputation here, everybody loves us. our military operations and reconstruction of past years are widely recognized. The United States meanwhile were booed when they arrive in the "stage".
ceremony simple and effective, but impressive by the amount of people in the streets. Now 18, is the official day of practice sprint. For 4 days we paddle under sweltering heat, so it's rest! We just get a good breakfast, and we're going to visit a little with our tour guide (really stressed out but nice) who is there to help us with the language. As for guys, ouffff ... we would not have theirs. They are led from the tip of the nose ... ! Comical! They look for strategies to sow at every opportunity!
so soon ... more news after the sprints tomorrow!
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