So I made it to Beijing, via Austria. Got here yesterday, but my body still has no idea what day, time or continent it is supposed to be on. We flew in from Austria after winning our tune-up race at the World Championships - we didn't race any of the people we will be racing here at the Olympics (time to step up and race the varsity athletes). But it was an eventful trip. Due to the Lufthansa strike, we had to take a train from the small town in Austria we were staying in to Munich (5 hours or so with all of our luggage) and then fly overnight to China. We arrived and found some express customs lines for Olympic athletes, and had the press snapping photos of us as we walked thru the terminal (fortunately we were wearing our snazzy USA jackets). Now we are out at the rowing course in a huge brand new hotel with serious intense security. We have to show our credentials to the Chinese military police and put our bags through screening x-ray belts as we walk through metal detectors just to get into the lobby of our hotel. We go through the same routine at the rowing course - security is very tight there too, with the roads completely closed off for about a half-mile radius around the course.
Anyway, gotta run, will write more detail soon and try to post more soon.
Here is a write-up on our race in Austria.
http://www.usrowing.org/News_Media/PressReleases/detail.aspx?nws_lKey=564
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