One big piece in place
As I prepare to head to my third Winter Olympics in just a few months, another piece of the puzzle finally fell in to place last week and another piece that emerged a few weeks back, got closer to being put in place. The thing that has been the biggest problem for me when it comes to Beijing 2022 has been getting my accommodation funds to the right people. When I got the first invoice, I went to my bank to make a wire transfer, only to find out that my bank did not do transfers in Chinese currency, which was a requirement of the Beijing Organizing Committee. So, I had to set up an account at another bank and quickly made the wire transfer. Of course, it wasn't that easy, as the first transfer didn't go through because of an error somewhere in the paperwork. On the second try, we got it through, but the "purpose code" required for China was not correct and that correction had to be made. Thanks to the wonderful work of Melissa at the Wolfeboro branch of Citizen's B...