It was a long trip to Europe! I got up at the crack of dawn in Beaver Creek on Monday and drove down to Denver, flew to Dulles and then to Munich, and finally took most of the day on Tuesday to drive the 4 hours south to the Dolomites, where I'll spend the next 2 weeks.

I'm here with the technical group, minus Ted who is in Val d'Isere for the Combined event on Sunday. We're staying in a small town outside of Bruneck, which I still don't know the name of because I was passed out in the car from jet lag when we drove in!

After the intense week of Nor-Ams and World Cups in Colorado, the coaches have decided to give us 2 days off before we start training again, so we spent the day today lounging around on the internet, christmas shopping in town, playing games, and relaxing in the hotel's sauna. Coupled with the great Italian food here, it almost feels like a vacation!