I arrived in
Gangneung, which is the area along the coast where the indoor activities and
the Olympic Stadium are located and where my housing is located, a bit after 9
p.m. last night (Friday night). There was a young woman with a sign for media
and she led me to a van and the driver brought me to the media village.
I will say
this was a much different experience than the Sochi housing situation. In
Sochi, I was essentially staying in a hotel with a bed and a bathroom. Here,
media members are staying in apartments, which they are converting to housing
for Koreans when the Olympics are over. I am on the 15th floor of
building 610, which is located in a large cluster of buildings that are serve
the same purpose.
I checked in
at the front office (which was essentially a large, heated tent) and was able
to watch the Olympic cauldron officially be lit on the television there. While
I couldn’t understand a thing the announcers were saying, it was obvious they
were pretty excited with the proceedings.
I then
wandered over to my building and took the elevator up to the 15th
floor. There was nobody in the apartment but I know I have two roommates. I
assumed that they were both at the opening ceremonies. I unpacked my stuff and
decided to walk around the media village a little bit to see where things were.
I found the media workroom right outside the door to my building and one of the
dining facilities (we get free breakfast there) outside my door as well.
When I
returned to the apartment one of my roommates was here, a gentleman who takes
photographs for Team USA. The other roommate came in after I had gone to bed.
And bed was
nice. I slept for almost six hours, which was great and was needed after the
long day of travel. I woke up Saturday morning and took a shower, also nice
after a long day of travel. So far, no complaints on my end as far as the room
goes.
Now it’s off
to breakfast, that may be a different story.
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