We have now made the trek over to Estonia. Although it's only Monday and my first race isn't until Thursday, I'm happy to be in Otepaa and to begin to focus a bit more on the races versus just training. Here are a few pictures from the last few days.
We went to Lahti to ski for two of our days in Finland. The stadium setup and ski jumps were quite the sight. On the second day we actually got to see the ski jumpers practicing. We were able to ski right around to the base of the jumps to get a sense of how high they are.... WOW!
Our Hotel provided all our meals and the food was great. A lot of the time when traveling in Europe you eat the same thing for most meals and there is a staple. Here, it's potatoes and fish. But they mixed it up in how they prepared it which was a nice change.
Skiing in Lahti
The ice breakup out on the Sea from the ferry was really cool. It looked like a giant puzzle.
On one of the outer decks. There were 9 decks in total, 2 being for vehicles, 1 shopping, 1 cafeteria, 1 sun deck and a few others.
Another shot out over the water. There is another boat out there, and you could tell where other ships had gone. Those dots in the sky, although we wish were the sun, are just a reflection from the boat. We only saw a blue sky once while in Finland, and never the sun as a ball in the sky.
In Tallinn, Estonia after getting off the boat. We headed to Otepaa via Tartu. And I though the building in the background was cool.
A funny joke we arrived to at the wax cabin on the race site.... Andy, Annika and I being the shortest of the bunch got our own hooks! Thanks....
I'll work on taking more pictures of the venue to share with you. We just had a meeting and received our accreditation and bibs to train in. We will get race bibs but every other day we wear a bib while skiing to label us as athletes.
All for now,
Erin
