The most interesting part begins
here
All the seats were free
we were almost first to come
so we were free to chose the seats we liked
Awwww
The atmosphere was just fantastic!
In a minute we saw skaters of the first Warm-Up group
the first skater we actually noticed was Olivier
he appeared, made some interesting movements with his arms and disappeared.
In some seconds, another person appears to his place.
It's a girl.. a nice.. pretty girl in a red jacket
Viiivvvaaateeeelllll
I'm following her.. Elise notices her, too.
"Lerrrra, look, there is Albena there!
" "Yeaaahh
I see..
"
I'm just amazed
I jump up from my seat
I can't sit calmly when Albenka is over there
I scream, but
in a low voice
it's very hard to imagine
Elise tries to convince me I must calm down and sit quietly lol
Albenka seems to be searching for someone..
she looks rouuuund and our looks meet
she is soooo far from me.. that I'm ready to cry, it is impossible to come to her and to hug her
the area of the warming-up is partitioned off the tribunes
She is smiling and waving me
and I'm actually squeaking "Albeeeeenkkaaaaa"
I look aside for I-don't-know-what-reason and hear Elise's voice: "Albena gesticulates you
" "What?
"
I look at her again
She IS gesticulating me and laughing all the time!! She is sooooooo cute!!!!!!!!
She wanted me to come closer, but it was almost impossible
finally Albena shows me the sector which is just above her and gives me a sign to go there : ))
I can't think of anything at the moment.. I just stare at Albenochka
who is still looking at me, laughing and doing some warming-up exercises
I approach.. and I'm so close that we can talk *only in a very loud voice though
*
- Albenkaaaaaaa!!! Hiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy to see you!!!
- Hiiiii
it's a shame you can't come closer
- I knooow
you are just shining!!!!!! Aren't you nervous???
- Nervous? Me? Why??
I'm a bit shocked with the answer, because she used to be nervous before competitions, but now
she really looks like she is very calm and confident.
And she can't stop laughing doing her warm-ups!!!!!!!!
Elise took a photo of us
when we were watching all the photos later, we called the photo "Romeo & Juliette. The balcony scene"
It's soo funny!!!! I hope Elise doesn't mind if I post it here
The next second Max appeared near Albena
"Heeeeeeey!!!!" We talked about our journeys from Moscow to St.Petersburg, about Thursday.. and then we realized that the first Warm-Up group was on the ice and Albena and Max should finish their warming-up already to go change their clothes, but they only started
I stand behind them for some time.. trying to take a proper photo, but
they are moving too fast
I look to my left and spot Linnie and Genady with Melissa & Denis near them ->
Then I look to my right
and
Hmmm.. familiar people
all together
Then I leave Albena and Max and go back to Elise
very happy still cannot believe the guys are soooo confident
Elise was just perfect in her role of the AM's photographer
She took a looooooot of brilliant photos
one of them
Thank you, Eliiiiiseee!!!!!
So, little by little I calm down and start watching the practice.
Next second I find Isabelle and Olivier on the ice and forget about Albena & Max for a while
Isabelle was wearing her black dress from the last year (she actually performed "On s'tourne autour" in Courchevel in this dress
and the CD at the Europeans..
), I like her hair-do, she looks gorgeous
She is skating in our direction
and.. stop near the side
Of course!!!!!!!!!
Muriel is there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought to myself: "Muriel, je t'adore!!!!!!!
You chose the best place to stay, near us!"