Posted in Torino on Feb 17th, 2006
Over the past four days and nights, I think I have slept an accumulation of about 9 hours. There are two reasons for this irresponsibility. One: hockey has begun, and what this means for me is a lot of running around to ensure our precious hockey fellas have everything that they need. Certo. And two: [...]
It’s pretty much all a blur now. I am loving it still. Seeing the fantastic venues, but very little of the actual events. Just came from one hockey rink - our boys are here and were having their first practice. Should be juicy as we get going. More pics are posted… I’ve been working for [...]
Posted in Torino on Feb 12th, 2006
The CBC Studios at the International Broadcast Centre, my home away from home, erupted to the news of our first gold. There are, of course, many, many televisions all over the desks and studios in which we reside, and time stood still as all eyes were on our mogul champion. A warm rush of national [...]
Posted in Torino on Feb 10th, 2006
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Posted in Torino on Feb 10th, 2006
My uncanny sense of direction has failed me for the first time. I got lost, very lost, on a run this morning at 6am. After stopping several times along my “route”, asking 4 polizia gents, none of whom knew any of the streets or locations that I was inquiring about (typically Italian), and one very [...]
finally - here are just a few samples:
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Posted in Torino on Feb 9th, 2006
My long hours of work has made blogging a tad more difficult than I had expected (let alone trying to stay with the marathon training regime - yeesh). You’d think that getting an internet connection for a few minutes would be a task of great ease, considering the fact that I spend many of my [...]
Posted in Torino on Feb 7th, 2006
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Posted in Torino on Feb 7th, 2006
Had a chance to sneak into the mountains yesterday for the day and evening for deliveries to the crews in the mountain towns that dot the valleys….. Wow Wow Wow!! - pics to come soon…. long days, busy days, more folks arriving every day and you can really feel the energy heighten and the anticipation [...]
Posted in Torino on Feb 6th, 2006
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