An early start as my cousin needed to be in work before 8am, so we left before 7am for her to drop me at Dusseldorf main station, where I then took the U78 to the event stadium. End of the line, it was easy not to get lost.
Headed in via the security gates then completely forgot where I was meant to go, doh! But, having asked, I found a group of volunteers also looking for where to meet.
Eventually after some dodgy map reading and asking for help, we made the media centre.
With the main arena areas still being built/converted, and media not yet on site, we were able to take a tour to find out where we might be working or directing people, and also spend some time figuring out our shift plan.
It was incredibly hot today as we wandered out past the athletics track to the archery and on to where the cycling will be then took a wander through the currently half built and empty Invictus Village where there will be a lot of fun and games.
We then headed back into the crew catering area for Lunch...a decent feed of salad, Thai butternut squash curry with rice and waffle with cherries. And yes I ate vegetables. 😋
After lunch we spent time back at the media centre, though with not much to do, it wasn't long before our "shift" ended.
Back into the volunteer centre and in the catering area I met up with some volunteer friends. We chatted for a while, then headed off in our separate directions. They were heading for a boat trip, I was heading off to the station to catch the U-bahn.
An evening in Monheim-am-Rhein and a full belly at the end of the day. Time to snooze then see what tomorrow brings.
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