Today was another exciting day of CURLING. We had tickets for the morning
session today, so we had to be up and ready at the butt-crack of dawn. In
an effort to save time and sleep a little longer, we both decided to forgo
the hair washing. We made it to curling right on time, but the crazy
Japanese crew had already taken our seats. They wanted to be there so that
they could be closer to the Japanese Curling Action. This is the real
excitement at the curling matches–watching the Japanese cheer on their
team. They had crazy Carmen Miranda style flower hats. they are so huge
and shiny. just wait till you see the pictures we took. we even asked one
of them to pose with us. he saw that i had an olympus camera, so he said,
“Olympus made in Japan. Very GOOD!” We said, “Go Japan!” they realy are
quite entertaining. Then on the other side of us was a whole section of
Itailan school childern. it looked like they drew flags for their art
project at school this week because they had itailian flags, japanese flags,
and one girl even had a british flag. they spent the whole match screaming
I-TAL-YA I-TAL-YA. then the head japanese guy went over there and got them
to scream JA-PO-NE JA-PO-NE. it was really all quite entertaining.
Japanese curling fans are the best dressed!
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We werent near any canadians today, so no further enlightenment into the
mysterious world of curling. Today we got the opportunity to spread the
Canadain knowledge. 2 american girls from washington dc currently living
in Moscow sat behind us, so we filled them in. There was some great
stratigizing going on today. Did you watch it? Exciting stuff.
We saw the TODAY SHOW again. Why did matt laurer have on orange pant and a
matching orange scarf? i think he has been in italy too long. They
interviewed Tody Dawson (Bronze medal Moguls or maybe more recognizable
from the Frosted Flakes Box) He came out and was making his way around to
sign autographs. he made it 3 quarters of the way around, then they made
him leave. he had to leave before he got to us!!! HOW HORRIBLE. We have
several boxes of his Frosted Flakes. I think he would have stayed, but the
Today Show needed to make Canoli and he was in the way. How Very, very,
very distressing.
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Dry your eyes because there is a happy ending to this story. I guess it
could be an ending to this story, or it may be its own new story.
We happened across an autograph session with ALBERTO TOMBA LA BOMBA. Yup,
that is right!!! ALBERTO TOMBA LA BOMBA!!!!!!!! (no one better have to
google him. but he is not on any frosted flake boxes) we were waiting
in a mob at one of the entrances when they came and closed the door. they
said something about 10 minutes and sent everyone away. it was most
distressing. We went back a few minutes later and saw that there was an
old lady laying on the floor surrounded by the green cross. (for some
reason, their paramadics wear vests that say croce verde) I don’t know if
she got stampeded or just fainted after meeting The LEGEND: TOMBA LA BOMBA.
We decided that they were never going to open the doors because he was
scheduled to leave in less than a half hour. We went into the next
building, and when we came out, Mari said, “the doors are open!! lets go!!”
We went back through the doors that we had been waiting in the mob at and
then were informed that the line formed out the door on the other side of
the building. We had a few moments of tension as the 5 oclock hour
approached. do you feel the tension? We were on tenterhooks and feared
that due to the typical italian effeciency, we would miss our chance to see
TOMBA LA BOMBA. Would it be that hard to tell people waiting at one door,
that they should really go to the other door? The 5 oclock hour came
and passed. TOMBA LA BOMBAs Really hot assistant started pointing at his
watch. would he stay a little while extra to compensate for the time that
old lady wasted by falling down? Did she ruin it for everyone?
The answer: HE STAYED!!!! i HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG BECAUSE WE DIDNT CARE
ONCE WE GOT OUR AUTOGRAPH AND PICTURE WITH ALBERTO TOMBA LA BOMBA!!!! DO
YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID TO US? “SISTERS?” YUP. HE TALKED TO US!!! HIS
HOT ASISSTANT HAD ALREADY ANNOUNCED THAT WE WERE GEMELLI.
Hence the reason it is too bad that i didnt wash my hair today. it was
not a great hair day for meeting ALBERTO TOMBA LA BOMBA. Not Awful, but
not great either.
We are now off to the Olympic store to see if they have restocked what we
wanted.
Stay tuned for more exiting updates from thetwinsontour now that we have
found an internet place convenient to the action and our shopping needs.
Love,
thetwinsontour
ps-mullets are the thing with teen age boys. especially if you sort of comb
the top into a quasi mohawk. mohawk italian mullet–now that is stylin!!
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