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#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

#define pi acos(-1)
typedef  long long ll;
typedef  unsigned long long ull;
typedef  unsigned un;

//defined taking input;
#define sf           scanf
#define si(a)        sf("%d",&a)
#define sc(a)        sf("%c",&a)
#define sii(a,b)     sf("%d %d",&a,&b)
#define siii(a,b,c)  sf("%d %d %d",&a,&b,&c)
#define sl(a)        sf("%lld",&a)
#define sll(a,b)     sf("%lld %lld",&a,&b);
#define slll(a,b,c)  sf("%lld %lld %lld",&a,&b,&c);

#define pf           printf
#define pfi(a)       pf("%d\n",a)
#define pfl(a)       pf("%ld\n",a)
#define pfn          pf("\n")
#define pfyes        pf("YES\n")
#define pfno         pf("NO\n")
#define pfYes        pf("Yes\n")
#define pfNo         pf("No\n")

#define wh            while
#define wht(t)        while(t--)


int main()
{
    //freopen("input","r",stdin);

    int n;
    cin>>n;

    vector<int>b(n);
    int ans =0;
    for(int i=0;i<n-1;i++){
        cin>>b[i];
        if(i==0)ans+=b[i];
        else {
            ans+=min(b[i-1],b[i]);
        }
    }
    ans+=b[n-2];
    cout<<ans<<endl;

    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 256