I got up super-early this morning so we could drive up to the alps! Many of the qualifying trials (and some of the events) have begun up there, so we set out looking for a story.



Actually, we had a story to do (it was on the US Skeleton team), but we got out work done early and set out to get some more good stuff on tape. The town reminds me of something from Epcot center or Enchanted Forest. There are parts that have that old timey European look, and I fully expected to see people dressed in leiderhosen. Which we didn't, but we did see every other stereotypical tradition Euro costuming: clogs, kilts, viking hats, you name it.

We basically stood in one area - the town square - and at least a half-dozen stories came our way, including Bode Miller's parents.



But, even though we were getting a ton of great stuff, we had to leave eventually. That moment came when a bunch of models from Los Angeles showed up to promote their web series, Aspen. They were dressed head-to-toe in white ski outfits, and wearing furry white Chewbacca boots. Their manager ran around waving a giant American flag and handing out business cards.



The ladies posed for some photos, and although we're all doing some awesome karate moves in the other pic, I look really weird and fat, so there's this one instead. As we were taking the photos a crowd stared to gather and we were being photographed by all kinds of crazed tourists and Ukranian television stations. Seriously. It got really weird, really fast, so we left. [Which is a good thing anyway, considering we shot 4 tapes of stuff]