By this point, you’ve all settled your “Will the Tongan go bare chested? ” wagers, so I’ll go ahead and make this post.

For the record, it was as cold as Katie Couric almost certainly told you.  It’s a sneaky kind of cold here in Pyeongchang.  You don’t notice it for a bit and all of a sudden, you’re googling hypothermia symptoms.  Bottom line — “shirts off” to the Tongan.  That was impressive.  Foolish, perhaps, but impressive.

That goes ditto for the whole Opening.  I didn’t have the best seats (Absolutely no view of the flame), but a great ceremony.  And I wouldn’t be doing service to the organizing committee if I didn’t mention how smoothly the transportation system operated.  I had heard horror stories from past Olympics, but I walked out of the stadium took a few photos, jumped on a bus and was home.

Racing starts today with the Women’s 7.5×7.5 Skiathlon and Women’s 7.5k sprint.  The first at 4:15pm and the second at 8:15pm.  Should be awesome.