Yay - we're off to the Opening Ceremony! The team at the International Volunteers' receptionWe all meet at Trinity College for the International Volunteers training session. We find out lots of background information, but is frustrating for most of us as we don't know our work rotas yet. However, a quick round of phone calls eventually gets us sorted out. Our next challenge is to find our way to the supply depot a few miles away to pick up our uniforms, along with 200 other international volunteers. Along the way we meet up with volunteer dentists, clowns, plus a host of sports volunteers. It quickly shows us the breadth of duties needed and why it takes 30,000 volunteers to keep things going!
The evening finds us at the BoI* Arts Centre at a reception for the International Volunteers. We team up with volunteers from Canada, USA, Singapore, Australia and the Bahamas**. However, we're all desperate to go to the Opening Ceremony, so the main focus of the evening is the draw for tickets. Louise and Amanda are both successful - the rest of us find it hard not to show our disappointment***. It is then announced that there are tickets available for everyone - hugs and smiling faces all round!
* = Bank of Ireland
** = I don't know why I didn't mention it at the time, but there were other UK volunteers there too (it felt very strange to be classed as an International Volunteer!), including someone who'd volunteered at The Commonwealth Games in Manchester the year before
*** = they were all for handing their tickets back - 'We all go, or none of us do' - great team spirit eh!
Click here for Day 3.
The evening finds us at the BoI* Arts Centre at a reception for the International Volunteers. We team up with volunteers from Canada, USA, Singapore, Australia and the Bahamas**. However, we're all desperate to go to the Opening Ceremony, so the main focus of the evening is the draw for tickets. Louise and Amanda are both successful - the rest of us find it hard not to show our disappointment***. It is then announced that there are tickets available for everyone - hugs and smiling faces all round!
* = Bank of Ireland
** = I don't know why I didn't mention it at the time, but there were other UK volunteers there too (it felt very strange to be classed as an International Volunteer!), including someone who'd volunteered at The Commonwealth Games in Manchester the year before
*** = they were all for handing their tickets back - 'We all go, or none of us do' - great team spirit eh!
Click here for Day 3.
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