All work, no play? NOT!

Just 8 days to go…

…but who's counting?

We bought tickets to three events ourselves. These are for Baseball, Basketball and Beach Volleyball.

The baseball game is between Greece and Curaça… ehhh… Holland. I say Curaçao because the team largely consists of Antillean players. The basketball game is between the US (Dream Team) and some other country. Problem is that most NBA players don't dare to show up because of possible attacks. We might end up watching the worst players of the NBA instead of the best. Last, but not least: Beach Volleyball! Of course this has nothing to do with the participants and their small "uniforms"…    ;-)

COOL!!! René managed to get in contact with the manager of Athens' trendiest dance club Venue. We now have his phone number and can call him to get on the guest list! Junior Vasquez and Tiësto are some of the DJ's playing there during the games. Check out http://www.venue-athens.com

I guess we need to do some serious saving. When René and I were there for our intake interview a simple Heineken from a bottle was 10 Euros! I'm pretty sure the prices will not have gone down for the games… Let's hope the Heineken Holland House has special "Dutch" rates.

Oh yeah, my little nephew Nicholas is celebrating his first birthday today. Happy B-Day little man!

Cheers,

Roberto

PS: René, Olga is just saying that to please you...    :-)

First contact with Olga

The story Roberto has written gives me some confidence. He is very impressed with the organisation; I am somehow a little bit surprised about it. Olga (my co-ordinator) just called me once and said I should contact her upon my arrival (“darling, please call me, I’m so looking forward to see you”). No schedule for me (and no shift at around 07.00 till now!!).

I do not know yet exactly what kind of work I will be doing. She (Olga) promised me something with a VIP parking but I’m really not sure what to expect. The only thing I do expect is a huge amount of people who are really exiting to go for the Olympics. Athens will be the mother of all Olympics and I’m quite a little bit proud to participate.

Well this is my story for now; hopefully we will have the chance to maintain this log frequently so you all can enjoy a sort of Kuifje at the Olympics story (or should it be Sjors and Sjimmie at the Olympics).

Cheers,
Rene

Schedule is in!

This is the first posting on this blog. It is somewhat of a test to see if this thing works smoothly. However, I'll give a quick update on the latest.

YESSS! I have my schedule! Saturday the 7th is my first "working" day. In total I have 6 morning shifts (starting at 07:00 hrs. Ouch!) and 12 afternoon/evening shifts (from 15 to 23 hrs.). So far I'm very impressed by the organisation as they even took into account the events I have tickets for.

One of my evening shifts is during the Opening Ceremony. I do not know yet what my location is for that shift, but I'm hoping (read: praying) that it will be in the Olympic Stadium. Who knows? I might even be walking with the athletes on the track during their presentation. Keep your eyes fixed on the telly and let me know via an SMS whether you've seen me.

We (René and I) plan to post here on a regular basis. The frequency obviously depends on the access we have to an internet connection.

Well, that's it for this first message.

Cheers,

Roberto