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A little place I call… the Alps

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

Have you ever had a day where you think, “This minute has got to be the highlight of my year,” but that thought comes every thirty minutes? Those are pretty great days.
Today I went skiing with several of my Olympic coworkers. Thanks to some friends in Sestriere, I learned we could obtain free ski passes […]

Sledding

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

Not much time for a post today, mainly because I’ve had to some work on the computer, which has taken a few hours this evening, and I’m just tired of looking at a screen. After work, we declared today Fun-in-the-snow Day, and borrowed a bunch of sleds from the television crew. (50 foresight points to […]

A few more pictures

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

Just an update here to let you know that I’ve added a new set of photos to Flickr. It’s been a busy few days, especially with all of today’s quarterfinals and semifinals. I’ve made it through a lot more snow and cold without any sickness, which is better than a lot of the crew. Tomorrow […]

Just What the Doctor Ordered

Monday, February 20th, 2006

It’s 8:15pm on Monday, the one-day weekend for the production crew at Pragelato Plan. While I didn’t get to fulfill my original plans of skiing in the Alps today, I had a very restful and recuperative time. Yesterday we got off of work around 4:00pm, which gave me plenty of time to plan my time […]

Olympic Malevolence and Other Short Stories

Saturday, February 18th, 2006

It’s 10:15pm here in Pragelato, Italy, which is a little bit later than I wanted to start writing, but I took a 1.5 hour nap this afternoon, which should give me a little extra time. Just as the last few days, tomorrow the bus leaves at 6:45am. Monday, should be our day off, and I’m […]

I’m at the Olympics

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

It’s 11:00pm on Thursday night, and again I write from my bed in the TOBO temporary housing in Pragelato. I just uploaded several new photos tonight, so take a look at them. This morning started out very warm and rainy. At about 40 degrees, it was cool enough to keep my jacket on, which was […]

More from Pragelato

Monday, February 13th, 2006

I have to wake up in a little over six hours, so I apologize that I can’t write all that I want to write. Today was our day off, and I went in to Sestriere with several kids from Asbury, as well as eight or nine Italian students. But that’s not as exciting as the […]

I’m Lovin’ It

Saturday, February 11th, 2006

It all started with a discussion on the lack of meat in much of Italy’s culinary choices. Today at work we were hungry, which caused a long discussion about food, and got me thinking about cheeseburgers all day. I hadn’t had any kind of “carne” (red meat) for at least five days. At this point, […]

Italian Dance

Friday, February 10th, 2006

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Italian Dance, originally uploaded by Andy Fowler.

Just a bit of a mobile update here. I’m sitting in the VIP section of the luge/bobsled venue at Cesana Pariole. I was sitting in the front row. As you know, […]

Just some quick pictures

Thursday, February 9th, 2006

I really planned to go to sleep, but it sounds like eager fans are anxious for more photos. I was partially hesitant to upload any, because I haven’t taken many good ones for a while. So I’m sorry these aren’t as exciting as previous pictures, and I haven’t even made a good effort to show […]