Sittard/Monaco/Jockgrim/SWITZERLAND/Now

OK. Lot's has happened so I'll list them in order by place.

Sittard:

1. Rippin headwind
2. Dustin landed on the track and hurt his wrist
3. I made 5.15m
4. We feasted on brats, pasta and Dutch beer
5. Talked to Rens Blom over dinner
6. And his hot blonde girlfriend
7. Dustin got no-shame 2011 off to a good start with Olive
8. Changed into suits in the parking lot
9. Blew Jason Wurster's mind with our exit
10. Headed to Bern

Biel:

1. Rolled in on Mitch and Nicole at 2am
2. Ate some Chocolate Hot Dogs
3. Breathed the Swiss air and were immediately addicted to Switzerland
4. Slept a few hours
5. Drank some Level 10 Coffee and ate some more Chocolate Hot Dogs
6. Left 1 hr late for Monaco for no reason

Monaco:

1. Rolled in an hour late for the vault
2. Found out the vault started an hour later than we thought
3. Settled down in the thick of it. Deep in the cut.
4. Watched Renaud blow over 5.90m and almost 6.05m - High salt.
5. Took a picture with Bolt in the hotel lobby. He loved the thrash
6. Went out to a club between the 2 biggest dudes in Monaco, Cantwell and Dylan Armstrong
7. NEVER TOOK OFF THE SUITS
8. Scrapped things together in the morning
9. Swam in the Mediterranean Sea. Negative ions.
10. Ate some gelato, peaced out back to Biel.

Biel:

1. Rolled in on Mitch and Nicole at 1am
2. Ate some chocolate hot dogs
3. Flew around on Camp Greeley internet.
4. Rock-paper-scissors'ed it for the bed each night. I never won.
5. Slept until 12:45pm. Greg was pissed.
6. Had a sprint session at a track so deep in the woods I thought it was a joke, and then it turned out to be the sickest Olympic Training Center of all time.
7. Watched mitch go cowabunga on some shit in a jump session - repping 5.50m's with 4.10m+ takeoffs. Biggest PV transformation I've ever seen. Hands down.
8. Floated down an amazing river for 2km in 16 degree C water that felt incredible. Best thing I've ever been a part of?
9. Greg and Mitch chewed on some African Mud.
10. Dustin got blown up by a fountain.

Jockgrim:

1. Met up with our host family.
2. Woke up Greg because we were sleeping so late.
3. Got out-slept by their 12 year old daughter.
4. Met a genuine Nazi.
5. Jumped 5.30m in the pre-meeting, Team GS went 2-3-4.
6. Had some EIN STINE BIERS.
7. Ate some mustard with a 2am spread of food from our host dad.
8. Watched the main event. 5 over 5.72m and Grande robbed at 5.80m... easily 6m in the air.
9. Sung the National Anthem in front of 3,000 Germans thanks to Becky Holliday.
10. Dustin ended up behind the bar.
11. Greg wouldn't drink whisky, so for some reason ran around naked.
12. Everyone slept in their normal clothes.

So then we went back to Leverkusen, where we have a meet today.

There's a live feed here:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/leverkusen-pole-vault-classics

I'm not sure how well it will work, but it's worth a shot. The field is stacked, and it should be tons of fun. Tune in at 12:30pm EST, or 9:30am PST for introductions!

Hope all is well back in the states, and stay tuned!