Financial feasibility
The ramp up to Milan-Cortina is getting pretty real and over the last couple of days it became even more real in a pretty big way. Shortly after I was approved for credentials, I had to submit my request for accommodations in Italy. As has been the case normally when I look for the housing, I am looking exclusively at the price. The money for these trips mostly comes out of my own pocket so I am looking for ways to keep the costs down as much as possible. For Milan-Cortina, I also had to take into account the location for the housing, as the way the venues are spread out over the mountain villages of Italy, it is impossible to stay in one place and see the entire Olympics like I have in years past. I've always loved having the ability to move from location to location and see so many different things but it became very obvious once the venue master plan was released that it would not be possible in this version of the Olympics. It was disappointing, but understandable. So, when I m...