Korea, Day 2

Alpensia Stadium, my home for the Games

It's getting difficult for me to find downtime to write these posts. Not only because we're busy during the day but, we're spending a lot of the evenings in the bar.

I don't mean to sound like a lush. It's just that the group is having so much fun catching up (we haven't seen each other in 2 years). We're also very passionate about what we're doing, and a lot of our conversations revolve around the software, SO, and many different things that we'd like to do to improve the way things work. The beer definitely helps us, er... problem solve. Yes, that's it.

In the Operations center, I'm not as connected (to the internet) as I thought I would be. We're running GMS off of a government owned/operated server and none of the workstations have access to the internet. My wifi hotspot has no reception in there because we're located in the "bowels" of Alpensia Stadium, which is all very thick concrete.

We're still in preparation mode. Our group spent the day meeting with their sport Technical Directors (TDs) so that they go into competition on the same page, knowing who is handling what. I'm supporting our group members from the main Operations center, which is a very nicely heated room filled with computers and the most friendly, hospitable group of Korean GOC members. They're fantastic to work with.

The food is okay. I think we'll get better food after the Games, when I'll be spending a few days floating around Seoul. We're limited to the food served by our hotel (breakfast and lunch), and now the meals provided by the GOC (lunch). As more people are checking into our hotel, the food is getting more and more westernized. It's unfortunate, as I would love for all of the meals to be traditional Korean.