
import qualified Data.Vector.Unboxed as U
import qualified Data.Vector as V
import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as C
import Debug.Trace
import Data.List
import Control.Monad
import Data.Ord

--import qualified Data.IntSet as S
import qualified Data.Sequence as S

r :: Int -> IO (U.Vector Int)
r n = U.unfoldrN n (C.readInt . C.dropWhile (==' ')) <$> C.getLine

r' :: IO [Int]
r'  =   unfoldr    (C.readInt . C.dropWhile (==' ')) <$> C.getLine

rp :: IO (Int,Int)
rp  = toTup . unfoldr    (C.readInt . C.dropWhile (==' ')) <$> C.getLine

toTup [a,b] = (a,b)

main :: IO ()
main = do
    n <- readLn
    bs <- r (n-1)
    let r = U.zipWith min (U.cons maxBound bs) (U.snoc bs maxBound)
    --print r
    print (U.sum $ r)

