Who's who?

This is really the who's who of international sports. As you work behind your desk, walk around or go to lunch, you see familiar faces all around you. Most of the times I see a face I recognise which means I'll spend the next 5 minutes trying to remember the name that goes with the face.

As you probably read in one of my earlier posts, I already spoke to a few Dutch Female Hockey players (from Da Bush). Yesterday I also met the Dutch Chef de Mission. He was waiting for someone at the Archery Desk next to mine (since the desks are lined up alphabetically) so we had a quick chat. He was quite surprised to hear some Dutch as almost all staff in the Sport Information Centre is Greek. He recommended to visit the Heineken Holland House, which was definitely already in my plans. He expects quite a large Dutch following visiting the Games.

Some of the Brazilian Team Leaders came by yesterday for a quick chat. I had greeted them earlier with a well pronounced "Boa Tarde" to their surprise, so I had the opportunity to brush up on my Portuguese. One of the Brazilian medal hopes, the female gymnast, was also with them.

The Brazilian and Dutch athletes are the easiest to recognise as they wear their pronounced yellow and orange respectively. The Dutch are even easier to spot as they go cross town on these funny looking orange bikes.



I guess the next few days will be even crazier as most athletes are expected to arrive between Sunday and Tuesday. More work, more faces, more fun!