No, no, not those Games in Sochi... Much more exciting (for us): the 34th Empire State Winter Games in Lake Placid!
Like last year, our Girl is competing. Her event is tomorrow, but we got here tonight for the opening ceremony. Gosh, it was long. Lots of similar speeches. Lots of name-checking of local dignitaries. Lots of young athletes parading round the 1980 Olympic rink - figure skaters in particular, our daughter among them (Look out for a girl in a black jacket with long blonde hair, said the Man hopefully, as 800 of the same marched past).
More speeches. A compilation video of winter sports (all of them insane and mostly dangerous). A demonstration of ice barrel jumping - that is, jumping over barrels while on skates - by the ice barrel jumping world champion (hard to imagine he has a lot of competition, but what do I know?).
Then suddenly the torch was lit and that was that.
Tonight, oh, go on then - we'll watch a spot of Winter Olympics on the hotel telly. Tomorrow let's hope the Girl is ready for action.
Are the French Fries and Teriaki up to scratch?
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