Fortunately, the transfer to the hotel, things started to turn better ..
On August 1, held an official ceremony of inauguration of the 2010 World Parachuting Menzelinsk in the football stadium.
Even this, as very well organized, showed that "too built up" .. deployed throughout the country, many guards everywhere, locked gates time fixed for the beginning, only people moving to where they are told or when it is suggested ...
strange feeling .. still with us were very warm, a great welcome! Signatures on hats ceremony, photos with everyone, people pulled from the Italian flag one part of the parade ..
It 's always exciting to hear the local people, the applause and the national anthems ..
While we went to the stadium - strictly by bus, although this has been a shift of two kilometers at most, and strictly expected by armed guards everywhere .. - I was struck by a number of roads rebuilt a bit 'run, for the occasion, poster at the entrance of "paesone" Menzelinsk that is, some signs repainted and all dressed up .. but the houses were the usual, small, low gardens surrounded by a little 'rebel', often with metal roofs, wide use of asbestos and many roads between the rows of houses in clay ..
who knows how this place in winter?
At the end of the ceremony ended in a rush, with thousands of balloons flying in the sky, left behind beautiful children that accompanied the event with a variety of participation (demonstrations of dance, various sports, etc.) and with a sudden storm: a mini-tornado struck the airfield where tents were set up personalized, one for each host nation, and a couple of them have started to tumble around bumping into other tents and equipment in the field. .
The rain fell in an instant, a heavy downpour, and just as quickly ran out .. is not sorry to anyone because we have suffered for five days over 36 degrees during the day and 28 at night ..
On 2, 3 and 4 August were flown into a routine of throwing a relatively tight race teams in the field in the disciplines that contribute Italy - RW4 and Freefly - are aggressive. The free flying is represented by a team in his first international experience, while the synapses, the team on, are from ten years under the spotlight in high level competitions ..
year training but was a little 'smaller than usual and you can see here: Synapses about 150 launches, the first teams in the standings at least 500 jumps in addition to the team tunnel ... We
sixths and unlikely to change significantly the position .. but the aim is to give our best and to defend what has been done by dangerous pursuers, like Germany and England, which we followed closely ..
Tomorrow, Thursday, August 5, 19 at the awards ceremony will be held ..
6 finally it starts with a very long journey, we now know, to Italy.
