We were given the option of getting up to be on a bus at 7am if we wanted to go to the other awards ceremony. The majority of us decided to have a bit of a sleep in instead, and we were given a ride into the Old Town a little later on. Lisa and told Cosette about a market thing that was going on near the University where we were dropped off. It was such a lovely morning and we didn't really feel like going back to wander around the shops in old town again, ...

After our coffee lunch, we headed right across the street to a drugstore. I picked up a couple different colours of nailpolish while the other girls looked at interesting Latvian cosmetics. Johanna and Sophia both picked up hair dye to use that night. Taryn had dyed part of hair purple a couple days before, and both girls wanted to try something with their hair. We left and were on our way to Old Town again when it started to pour. We ducked under a roof to kee...

We had to wake up early again before breakfast started at 8am sharp, and we needed to be on the bus by 8:20. So, we begrudgingly went to breakfast at the dorms, filled up on the cereal that was there and a bit of coffee before hurrying out to the bus with our bags. We were dropped off in front of the University again, and we all trekked towards St. Peter's church. We were there plenty early, so we had a warmup outside the church. We were all pretty tired, a...

After our emotionally exhausting performance and still crying while we changed back into our regular clothes, we were shipped off to the Olympic Place to have supper. It was another one of those hurry up and wait situations. We got there and they weren't ready for us, so we sat outside the arena for a while talking and playing. Once they finally let us inside, we actually were given tables right around the outside of the arena area. The food was actually pr...

When it was time to get ready for the competition part of things, we slipped into our uniforms in the basement and then trekked up to a window-filled room right in the corner of the building with lots of water to drink and seats all around the outside of the room. We were given a few moments to warm up a little in uniform before having a bit of quiet meditation time before being shuffled out to line up to compete. We could hear muffled singing from where we were...