Problem:
Score : 300 points

Problem Statement

There is an integer sequence A of length N whose values are unknown.

Given is an integer sequence B of length N-1 which is known to satisfy the following:

B_i \geq \max(A_i, A_{i+1})

Find the maximum possible sum of the elements of A.

Constraints

All values in input are integers.

2 \leq N \leq 100

0 \leq B_i \leq 10^5

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N
B_1 B_2 ... B_{N-1}

Output

Print the maximum possible sum of the elements of A.

Sample Input 1

3
2 5

Sample Output 1

9

A can be, for example, ( 2 , 1 , 5 ), ( -1 , -2 , -3 ), or ( 2 , 2 , 5 ). Among those candidates, A = ( 2 , 2 , 5 ) has the maximum possible sum.

Sample Input 2

2
3

Sample Output 2

6

Sample Input 3

6
0 153 10 10 23

Sample Output 3

53

Solution in C# (Mono 4.6.2.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;

namespace A
{
    class StartingPoint
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            if (args?.Any() == true)
            {
                var assembly = Assembly.GetEntryAssembly();
                var resourceName = "AtCoderCSharp.In.txt";
                var stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(resourceName);
                var streamReader = new StreamReader(stream, Encoding.UTF8);
                var str = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
                var textReader = new StringReader(str);
                Console.SetIn(textReader);
            }

            try
            {
                foreach (var s in new Program().Solve())
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(s);
                }
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(e);
                if (args?.Any() != true)
                    throw e;
            }

            if (args?.Any() == true)
                Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }

    class Program
    {
        public List<int> ScanInts(int count) => Enumerable.Range(0, count).Select(_ => ScanInt).ToList();
        public List<int> ScanInts(long count) => ScanInts((int)count);
        public List<long> ScanLongs(int count) => Enumerable.Range(0, count).Select(_ => Scan).ToList();
        public List<long> ScanLongs(long count) => ScanLongs((int)count);
        public int ScanInt => int.Parse(Str);
        public long Scan => long.Parse(Str);
        public double ScanDouble => (double)Scan;

        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

        public string Str => ScanStr();
        public string ScanStr()
        {
            sb.Clear();

            int r = 0;
            bool? b = null;
            do
            {
                r = Console.Read();
                b = IsBreak(r);
            } while (b == true);

            if (b == null)
                throw new Exception("input error: unexpected end of stream");

            do
            {
                sb.Append((char)r);
                r = Console.Read();
                b = IsBreak(r);
            } while (b == false);

            return sb.ToString();
        }

        bool? IsBreak(int c)
        {
            switch (c)
            {
                case -1:
                    return null;
                case (int)' ':
                case (int)'\n':
                case (int)'\r':
                    return true;
                default:
                    return false;
            }
        }

        public IEnumerable<int> Loop(int count) => Enumerable.Range(0, count);
        public IEnumerable<int> Loop(int from, int to) => Enumerable.Range(from, to - from + 1);

        public IEnumerable<long> Loop(long count) => Loop(0, count - 1);
        public IEnumerable<long> Loop(long from, long to)
        {
            for (long i = from; i <= to; i++)
                yield return i;
        }

        public string YesNo(bool isYes) => isYes ? "Yes" : "No";

        public HashSet<T> ToHashSet<T>(IEnumerable<T> ts) => new HashSet<T>(ts);

        public IEnumerable<string> Solve()
        {
            var n = Scan;
            var b = ScanLongs(n - 1);
            b.Insert(0, b[0]);
            b.Add(b.Last());

            var res = 0L;


            foreach (int i in Loop(n))
            {
                res += Math.Min(b[i], b[i + 1]);
            }


            yield return res.ToString();
        }
    }
}