We’ve had a jam packed first two days, but we are soaking up the
Italian culture and eating lots of tasty food! We arrived in Milan on Thursday,
toured the city, saw the beautiful Duomo, and took lots of pictures. We skated
a short unofficial practice and got used to the ice. The rink is amazing, and it
has an incredible atmosphere that we are looking forward to compete in. After
we skated, we went back to the hotel to eat dinner and get some sleep for the
next busy day.
To kick off our day we started with
an unofficial practice at eight, and received valentines from our loving
parents. We then went on a forty-five minute bus ride to Lake Como! As soon as
we got there we thought it would be fun to do a little off-ice practice of our
program in the city square. With the background of the lake, we had lots of
locals watching us run through our short program. After we finished they all
clapped and asked what we did, and where we were from. We then boarded the boat
and got to see the views of Lake Como and the Swiss Alps. It was one of the
most beautiful cities we have ever seen! We did a little shopping, ate a great
lunch, and came back for the Team USA dinner.
We started off our dinner with playing
a couple games to get to know each other as Team USA. We enjoyed our dinner and
talking to the other U.S. teams. One of our favorite parts about international
competitions is being able to talk to teams from all over the world. We loved
interacting with all of the other skaters. We are so excited to represent Team
USA tomorrow as the competition begins! We hope that all of Team USA has great
skates and an incredible experience here at the Spring Cup!
Love,
Lindsey Maynard and Maddie Shipman
from Hockettes Junior
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