Somehow the realization that I was going to be in different countries for a couple weeks slipped my mind. I was perfectly aware that I was going to Ski Race. I've been anticipating skiing and competing in the World Champs but I forgot about all the things I love about traveling that I was going to experience on this trip also. Even the long flight was just another long travel day to the next ski race and the cultural implications of hopping continents didn't hit me. After an extended stay in Rossland, I'm back to rolling through locales every day. As a review:

Saturday: Rossland, BC -> Wenatchee, WA
Sunday: Wenatchee -> Seattle, WA
Monday: Seattle -> Airspace A
Tuesday: Airspace A -> Munchen, Germany -> Ramsau, Austria
Wednesday: Ramsau -> Valdidentro, Italy via Switzerland

Which I like. It's my default setting-- traveling somewhere new every couple of days. Now it's Valdidentro for the weekend's world cup races. (Where, incidentally, I have to PAY for internet which I do not like, so you should be grateful that I'm still posting blogs...)

I love being on the road. Some of the things that have made me happy the past couple of days...

having an entire row to myself on one of my flights. free luggage carts at the airport. playing austrian curling, menner vs dammen, with the other hotel guests in ramsau. pizza in livigno, italy. skiing. everyone speaking different languages. improving my italian & german vocab. crossing borders with no passport control. being at a world cup venue again. curvy mountain roads. avalanche runouts over frozen lakes. pete cleaning the kick wax off my skis. eau frizzante. tiramisu for dessert tonight at li arnoga hotel. that tomorrow is a day before a race.