Wed. Aug 27th, 2008 --3pm

So I’m on my first day as a professional athlete! Today is travel day and it feels like I’ve been en route forever. Yesterday seems so long ago when Leah and I were doing last minute things to get ready and lunch with her and my sis. The flight from Pearson to Washington was empty and painless. I was searching everywhere for the White House, but I guess they don’t like planes flying overhead. . I was able to sleep almost entirely the flight from Washington to Frankfurt, thanks to my new travel pillow (anyone doing any travelling I suggest you invest in one, but don’t cheap out, get the nice soft one!). On my final flight, from Frankfurt to Hamburg I was beginning to feel the jet lag kicking in. Anyways, now in Hamburg, I’m feeling fantastic, it just hit me I’m sitting in Germany having a beer and a bagel, waiting for my luggage to arrive and I am not upset at all (with all the stopovers and late flights they mixed up my luggage, oh well an extra hour in the airport isn’t going to kill me). Possibly because I’ve been running from terminal to terminal or possibly because of all the emotions mixed up with leaving home, it has now hit that this is not like Canada. Everyone in the airport seems to understand me, but everyone walking past DOES NOT speak English first. But really who cares, I ordered a ‘beer’ and they seemed to understand. I think I’ll be just fine.