Day 1
Disappointingly, after a good sleep, we awoke to rain! Clearly no one had told France that these two Brits are sick to death of the wet stuff! But ever the troopers, off we headed to catch our bus to the site. A very quick bus ride (less than 10 mins) and we had arrived.
Next stop security, where it felt just like the airport, remove everything, sip from your drink and empty the contents of your bag. Now, if anyone knows what a WBGT Monitor looks like ( if you do not google it!), I was faced with three laughing security ladies on the X-ray machine. I had to VERY quickly explain to them what it was before I was removed from the site!
Once in the park, we had a good walk around and tried to familiarise ourselves with the quickest to get from A to B, having avoided the maze of lanes from the centre of the site, the stunning arena.
In our quick wander around, we bumped into Lars Roestorff, the much-loved and followed Professor of equine anatomy and highly experienced Veterinarian Surgeon who was testing the training arenas. We will catch up more with Lars over the week.
We’d be really interested in finding out about the irrigation system for the main arena as it has a strong smell of seaweed when you walk around it.
We have had some comical moments where accents and a language barrier have meant the Ice Queens have been called the Ice Creams, and those who know us are convinced we are going to be driving a buggy, handing our cocktails and ice for their drinks!
One Olympic tradition that started the moment we set foot on site was the exchanging of pins. We have to say we are rather well decorated already, and the teams love our Ice Queens Badges that we made for the Games. We were also gifted our Olympic watches, which are always a lovely keepsake.
