Canada

Made it to Canada with my bike, which is surprising considering my flights. My flight from Milwaukee was delayed about an hour. I had 13 minutes in Cincinnati to make my connecting flight. I thought there was no way I'd make the plane. Luckily the connecting flight was about 4 gates away from the gate we landed in. I ran to the gate, made it just in time. We took off 10 minutes later on a tiny plane. With the short time between flights and with the plane being small I figured my bike wouldn't make it. After getting through customs I was excited to see my bike box awkwardly spinning around then conveyor belt.

At the airport I met some of the other athletes that were staying at the home stay. We all got a ride to where they are staying. The home stay for the athletes is amazing - they are staying on a ranch and they are even making home cooked meals for the athletes. I, fortunately, have my parents here so I am at the hotel. It's Quebec's national holiday (kind of like our Forth of July) and no stores were open. In order for my parents to get to the hotel they had to drive through the parade. I really hope they waved a Quebec flag!

For dinner we ate at a delicious Vietnamese restaurant where our waiter was extremely patient with us, translating almost everything on the menu.

Overall it was a blessed day - I made it to Montreal, my parents made it, the other athletes are well taken care of at the home stay....couldn't ask for anything more.