More of the report.. )))
I remember very clearly I had a dream that we were in the train
Elise and me. We were lying vis-a-vis like we actually were lying
and I pretended to be completely asleep
but it was not true, I just closed my eyes.
Elise was trying to ask me something, to talk to me, but I didn't move at all. Elise tried again and again. She began to ask that "something" in an angry way and then I answered: "Elise, don't you see I'm asleep and I can't answer you. You should wait untill I'm awake."
08.30. "Ladies & Gentlemen, please, wake up!! The toilets will be closed in one hour!!"
How do you like the way they rouse people in trains in Russia?
- We won't be in time for the training of dancers
- Eliiiise, you are so optimistic!
- But look! I have a schedule.. Our train arrives at 9:34 (of course, it will arrive later..it's Russia!!
) and the first group of dancers comes to the ice at 10:30.
- And there are two groups?
- Yes.
- But if we are not in time for the first group, we can be there for the second for sure.
- Do you know Albena & Maxim are in the first or in the second one?
- I don't know.. I should ask..
I take my cell-phone.. dial..
- Euh.. my Moscow SIM doesn't want to work..
- You wanted to call Albena and Maxim?
- But yes, I wanted to ask Maxim if they skate in the first or in the second group and if we could go to the arena to watch..
I have another SIM card
for St.Petersburg only
I change SIM cards and dial again
in a second I hear a very familiar men's voice
- Hallo.
- Hi, Maxim!! How are you? I'm not distracting you?
- Hi
no, no, that's fine! We are ok
- Did you recognize me?
- If someone speaks russian with an interesting accent
obviously, it's.. Lerka?
(
I wanted so much to yell "Maxiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim"
)
- Accent??? You are kidding! I have my "interesting accent" only AFTER talking to Albenka or someone else who speaks different language or speaks russian with accent.
*after saying this I realized that I was talking only to Elise for last
7 hours
*
- It's your new number?
- No, it's the number I use in St.Petersburg only.. BTW, how was your journey?
- Ok. We have some difficulties with acclimatization,
but still ok. You haven't arrived yet?
- So you seem to be in the same train with Albenka's mother amd Kosio! You will recognize them at once, Kosio is wearing his white jacket "BULGARIA"
- Oh really?
And they are going to the skating rink?
- No, they are going to the hotel first to get their accreditations. It's impossible to get to the training without accreditation.
- Eeeehh.. sooo.. I can't?
- No you can't.
There is a guard there
2 metres of height
- Max was intimidating me!!!!
- Oh damn.
- And I'm actually warming-up now, so when you arrive, we are going to be on the ice already. Tomorrow! You can come tomorrow!
- With..? *I wanted to ask who would help me to get inside
but Max interrupted me..*
- With Christinka!
- Erm.. ok.. see you tomorrow maybe! Good luck!
- Bye!
I was upset.
- Elise.. we have no chances. Why did we come today and not tomorrow?!
- What did Maxim tell you?
- He told we can't get inside to watch trainings without accreditation.
- And can't you get the accreditation?
- I sent the media accreditation application form actually, but they didn't answer. So I guess it doesn't work me.
- But did you call them?!
- No.. Why, Elise? They didn't answer.
- You should call and ask. I have the number of telephone. We have nothing to lose!
The train arrived to St.Peterburg to Moskovsky railway station at 9:33!!!! Yaaaay!!! The train in Russia (!!!) was in time
As Elise had too many bags we needed to go to her hotel first, to leave the luggage. Okolitsa, the hotel where Elise, Alina and some other of my friends lived was situated the same street with the Ledovy!!
they needed about 3 minutes to get from the hotel to the arena
Greeaaaat
We didn't meet Silvia & Kosio, so we descended to the metro and went to the Prospect Bolshevikov station
We found the hotel quickly to my surprise
actually Lerka just called to the hotel and asked how to get there from the metro It was about 11 a.m. we were sitting in Liz's room thinking of what-to-do.
- You.should.call.that.women.
- Ohh.. I don't know.. Elise..
- You have nothing to lose, remember! Last year, at the Europeans in Lyon one friend of mine got her accreditation the same day the competition began! And she even didn't send the form. And you did.
- Ok, give me the number.
I dialed. I was a bit afraid. "Svetlana, hello! I'm calling to ask you about the accredition for the GPF" "Did you send the form?" "Yes, sure, but you didn't answer.." "Ohh.. wait.. I should look for your name in the list.. no, I can't find your name. Sorry. Maybe we didn't receive your form?" "And.. it is possible?" "Uf.. I'm sorry." "Ohh.. but you know, we just need to go the training, we reached agreement with Albena and Maxim, actually. And the guards don't let us in.
"
"Of course, they don't let you in.. and where are you now?" "Near the Ledovy.." "Oh no.. ok, you should go to the Ambassador hotel, tell the girls there to call me, and I'll tell them to give you the accreditaion. Are you alone?" *I looked at Elise.. it was not very nice of my part to leave her.. because if I get my accreditation I can go everywhere - the press-centre, the mixed zone, conferences.. and I dared to ask the woman about her
* "You know, there's one more girl with me, she is our photographer." "Ok. Waiting for your calling." "Thank youuuuuu!!!"
- Elise.. we seem to get accreditations
- Me too??
- Yeah, I asked about you, too.
Svetlana was really nice
So, change your clothes if you want and hurry up!!!!!!! We are going to the Ambassador!!!!!!
Home 
Tue 19 Dec - 20:39
oooh, angry albena.. 
and the boy running on the background, was it Robin? 
tenth of meetings, university, packing of my luggage + I was very nervous and irritable 
so I wrote her the number of my cell-phone and left the Internet-class.
+ I was really hoping to meet and to talk to Isabelle again.. 
I missed her so much! 
it was the variant we invented at CoR with Elise 
- Elise said and we went to the railway station. 
yeah! 
but, at CoR we actually didn't have any problem and in St.Petersburg it was useless 
There is only one defect 
" So we went there and saw two girls. I told them about our conversation with Svetlana, then we called her and 
the girl gave us two packets!!! One for me with the Press accreditation and the second one - for Elise - with the Photo accreditation 
a programme of the competition, a notebook and a pen 
and in the end of the cometition they also gave me a CD about the GP Series 2006 
but I'm not sure they asked Albena of something 
