namespace AtCoder.ABC.C140
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Numerics;
    using System.IO;

    using AtCoder.ABC.IO;

    public class Quest
    {
        public object Solve(Parser parser)
        {
            var n = parser.Integer();

            var b = parser.Integer(n - 1);

            var a = new int[n];
            a[n - 1] = b[n - 2];
            a[0] = b[0];

            for (int i = n - 2; i > 0; i--)
            {
                a[i] = Math.Min(b[i], b[i - 1]);
            }

            return a.Sum();
        }
    }

    static class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var i = new Parser(Console.OpenStandardInput());
            var o = new Printer(Console.OpenStandardOutput());
            var got = new Quest().Solve(i);
            o.WriteLine(got);
            o.Flush();
        }
    }
}
namespace AtCoder.ABC.IO
{
    #region IO

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

    public class Parser
    {
        public Parser(Stream stream)
        {
            str = stream;
        }

        public readonly Stream str;
        private readonly byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
        private int len, ptr;
        public bool isEof;

        public bool IsEndOfStream
        {
            get { return isEof; }
        }

        public IEnumerable<Parser> Take(int n)
        {
            return Enumerable.Range(1, n).Select(_ => this);
        }

        private byte read()
        {
            if (isEof) return 0;
            if (ptr < len) return buf[ptr++];
            ptr = 0;
            if ((len = str.Read(buf, 0, 1024)) > 0) return buf[ptr++];
            isEof = true;
            return 0;
        }

        public char Char()
        {
            byte b;
            do b = read(); while ((b < 33 || 126 < b) && !isEof);
            return (char)b;
        }

        public string Scan()
        {
            var sb = new StringBuilder();
            for (var b = Char(); b >= 33 && b <= 126; b = (char)read())
                sb.Append(b);
            return sb.ToString();
        }

        public string ScanLine()
        {
            var sb = new StringBuilder();
            for (var b = Char(); b != '\n'; b = (char)read())
                if (b == 0) break;
                else if (b != '\r') sb.Append(b);
            return sb.ToString();
        }

        public long Long()
        {
            if (isEof) return long.MinValue;
            long ret = 0;
            byte b;
            var ng = false;
            do b = read(); while (b != 0 && b != '-' && (b < '0' || '9' < b));
            if (b == 0) return long.MinValue;
            if (b == '-')
            {
                ng = true;
                b = read();
            }
            for (; ; b = read())
            {
                if (b < '0' || '9' < b)
                    return ng ? -ret : ret;
                ret = ret * 10 + b - '0';
            }
        }

        public int Integer()
        {
            return (isEof) ? int.MinValue : (int)Long();
        }

        public double Double()
        {
            var s = Scan();
            return s != "" ? double.Parse(s, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) : double.NaN;
        }

        static T[] enumerate<T>(int n, Func<T> f)
        {
            var a = new T[n];
            for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) a[i] = f();
            return a;
        }

        public char[] Char(int n)
        {
            return enumerate(n, Char);
        }

        public string[] Scan(int n)
        {
            return enumerate(n, Scan);
        }

        public double[] Double(int n)
        {
            return enumerate(n, Double);
        }

        public int[] Integer(int n)
        {
            return enumerate(n, Integer);
        }

        public long[] Long(int n)
        {
            return enumerate(n, Long);
        }
    }

    public class Printer : StreamWriter
    {
        public override IFormatProvider FormatProvider
        {
            get { return CultureInfo.InvariantCulture; }
        }

        public Printer(Stream stream)
            : base(stream, new UTF8Encoding(false, true))
        {
        }

        public Printer(Stream stream, Encoding encoding)
            : base(stream, encoding)
        {
        }

        public void Write<T>(string format, T[] source)
        {
            base.Write(format, source.OfType<object>().ToArray());
        }

        public void WriteLine<T>(string format, T[] source)
        {
            base.WriteLine(format, source.OfType<object>().ToArray());
        }
    }

    #endregion

}

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