Carole has arrived in Rhodes!! =)

See me behind the banner!!!!!! Photo from Special Olympics Ireland facebook page.

http://www.tv3.ie/videos.php?video=37031&locID=1.2

10 minutes 19 seconds in -the TV 3 news broadcast of the teams departure to Rhodes...

http://www.rte.ie/playerxl/#v=1101631

32 minutes 51 seconds in -the RTÉ news broadcast of the teams departure to Rhodes...

A shot of Carole in the Team Ireland Uniform =)

Carole arrived in Rhodes close to 3pm Irish time. Temperature was 29°. They headed by bus to the hotel. Early night tonight I hope.

Special Olympics Ireland volunteers will be updating http://www.flickr.com/groups/specialolympicsireland with as many photos as they can while over in Greece.

And her profile is http://www.specialolympics.ie/CONNECTSHARE/BLOGS/ATHLETESTORIES/tabid/331/EntryId/264/Carole-Ryan.aspx which will also be updated regularly by the volunteers.

Keep those comments coming. We loves them !!!!

Rhodes, Here She Comes!!!

Well an early start today. Carole rang last night and told us she has to be up showered and dressed for breakfast at 5am.!!!

They were to be at the airport very early. 7am I got a call from the airport. The team had arrived and were greeted by camera crews from RTE and BBC. We might catch a glimpse of her on the news.

Todays trip takes Carole to Rhodes 18 km southwest of Turkey. You can stll send messages of support on the Eircom app through the Special olympics Ireland web site.

Rhodes is the first island in Greece that embraced the program “Polis – Amphitrion” and declared to host 2.000 athletes and their escorts-coaches between June, 20 – 24, 2011.

The Local Organizing Committee of Rhodes has already been established with representatives from Regional Government, Hospital, Business community and Voluntary associations, while 21 hotels have deposit a written offer to provide free accommodations and meals.