Hypolympics
The Winter Olympics are in Italy! Milano Cortina 2026. The hype and buzz of the Olympics is wearing me out and they've only just begun! Thursday the torch arrived into the city, we waited an hour and 15 minutes to see it go by. Yes, it was emotional to see, but worth the wait? I'm not sure. On Friday the schools in the 'red zones' were closed, including mine. I spent the day at home, it was a kind break in amongst a busy end of the half-term, a breathing space. We then watched the opening ceremony which thankfully seemed to focus on the Olympics as an opportunity for peace and unity in diversity, a spark of hope in what can sometimes seem unsettling times. Then, after attending a tri-lingual church service with our nearby German-speaking Protestant church as a way to open ecumenical dialogue, I was walking to the station when all of a sudden motorbikes started playing tag, cordoning off the roads: something was coming. I think I must have seen around 50 motorbikes leap...
