Well, we got settled in our dorm rooms.
They are a small room with two bunk bends in them. We have 3 people in the room. I am lucky I was able to get a bottom bunk. The unique thing about the rooms is that the shower and bathroom are outside on the balcony.
The bureaucracy of the games got to us day one. We had scheduled a friendly exhibition match with Japan, but because we hadn't confirmed 24 hours in advance they cancelled our travel arrangements. Well, 24 hours before we were travelling. So the Canadian Mission staff did a tremendous job of arranging transportation for us so we could make some of the time.
WE were happy with the result. We ended up losing both sets 25-23, 25-23 but considering all the factors, we played well.
The venues are awesome and it has a real elite feeling to everything.
We also found out that our transportation to our practice the next day was cancelled as they needed all the buses to be ready and searched early for the opening ceremonies. So suddenly our nice noon practice is now a match versus Sweden at 8:30 am. Also the venue is an hour away. So we had to be on the bus for 7 am.
The match against Sweden we played with more of a zip we won both sets we played. Our bench came in during both sets and made a huge difference. Alex and Krista brought some great energy and turned the flow around in both sets.
It is a great confidence builder.
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