Arrived in Milan

I made it to Milan, Italy after a long travel day flying YVR to FRA, then almost missing my connecting flight to MXP. Frankfurt is crazy busy!

Once I got to Milan I ran into fellow Canadian shooter Lynda Kiejko and started to see a lot of other shooting teams from other countries. The ISSF had hosts near baggage claim who helped us navigate and get our gear cleared with local police.

We took a bus to the shooting range where we checked our pistols and ammunition in and got Team Canada checked in. It's pretty cool seeing all the teams from various countries around. We had Mexico and Malaysia on our bus with part of our Canadian team.

After arriving at the hotel we began out on a search for pasta -- everything was closed within a short walking distance. Sunday night at 6pm... closed? what? :) Luckily we found a place and ate some tasty gnocchi.

...*yawn*

sleeeeeep...
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zzz..
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Back to the range this morning for equipment check, official training, and opening ceremonies later today!

Less than 4 weeks until the ISSF World Cup in Milan

Really looking forward to representing Canada and shooting at the ISSF World Cup in Milan, Italy next month. Even better is shooting a week later at the ISSF World Cup in Munich, Germany -- this will be the last stop in the World Cup circuit before the Olympic Games in London.

These 2 events will be my first outside of North America and my first 2 as an official team member of Canada's National Development Team. I'm scheduled to shoot 10M indoor and 50M outdoor events - both are Olympic events.

Still waiting for my new grip for my gun. I may have to wait to switch over to it until after I get back from the World Cup events because I won't have much time to get it setup and practice with it before I leave. Hopefully it clears customs this week!

Training has been going really well... I won't go into the details of it now. :)