Hi everyone,
I have arrived safely in Beijing. I have to start to get used to wearing a name tag on my neck again. It is quite hot here, but they are keeping the AC on high and so I was cold in the cafeteria tonight. The food looks good. I had some pizza, steamed broccoli, noodles, pumpkin, and chicken breast. For desert I had an ice cream bar on steroids- lots of chocolate. I went to look at McDonald's at the end, but ordered only a yoghurt cup with blueberries and peaches.
We don't get our clothing until tomorrow, but it's fun to see what everyone is wearing. The Swiss team has a really nice set of clothes. The US team are the only badminton players I've seen so far. I think we are all really tired- Jean-Paul, Val and I. I just had a 20 minute massage to get the flying legs out. My legs were really tight on the plane this time. Now I'm off to bed at 9:37pm to try to be able to stay up all day tomorrow. I'm almost falling asleep while I'm writing this. I hope it makes sense. Tomorrow we get our clothes at 11am and then it's right off to practice. Andrew comes in tomorrow, and Anna the next.
Day one already over.
Mike
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