The team have arrived in Athens and are settled into their hotel. The boat was quite rocky but they got over ok. Carole was saying there were people sleeping everywhere, in the few available beds, on the floor, in any chairs they could find and even in the shelves for the baggage!!!! Carole found a nice chair to sleep on =) They had a beautiful view on the boat too =) And as Carole said, it's hard to believe but there was a Vodafone boat out at sea!!
The hotel is beautiful and they have a gorgeous view of the sea and sand. Temperatures went up to 40° today!! They are staying with athletes from Pakistan and South Africa now so they are all having a great time making new friends and meeting a wide variety of people. I was surprised to hear that even the athletes from South Africa found the heat hard to handle... Tonight the temperature is about 35° where they are staying.
Traffic in Greece is mad, traffic lights seem to be ornaments, so if you're planning on visiting, -be careful!!
Snippet from the Special Olympics facebook page: Tomorrow nights Opening Ceremony will be streamed live by ERT World Europe from 8.30pm Greek time (6.30pm Irish time). As soon as we have the exact link to the stream it will be posted here and on the homepage of our website. Special thanks to our very helpful hotel Concierge who helped us navigate the Greek http://www.ert.gr/ website to get us as far as the above page :)
