/**
    OJ :
    Program Code :
    Md. Mujahedul Azad (Turin)
    Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University
**/

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

#define ff              first
#define se              second
#define nl              << '\n'
#define gf              << ' ' <<
#define pb              push_back
#define pi              2*acos(0.0)
#define sq(a)           ((a) * (a))
#define Sort(a)         sort(all(a))
#define sz(x)           (int)x.size()
#define fillAra(a,n,v)  fill(a, a+n, v)
#define fillVec(a, v)   fill(all(a), v)
#define btz(a)          __builtin_ctz(a)
#define all(v)          v.begin(),v.end()
#define max3(a,b,c)     max(a, max(b, c))
#define min3(a,b,c)     min(a, min(b, c))
#define abs(x)          (((x)<0)?-(x):(x))
#define parity(a)       __builtin_parity(a)
#define maxall(v)       *max_element(all(v))
#define minall(v)       *min_element(all(v))
#define cinIg           cin.sync(); cin.get()
#define countOne(a)     __builtin_popcount(a)
#define mem(a,v)        memset(a, v, sizeof(a))
#define RSort(a)        Sort(a), reverse(all(a))
#define precision(x)    cout << setprecision(x) << fixed
#define un(a)           Sort(a), (a).erase(unique(all(a)),a.end())
#define FasterIO        ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);cin.tie(NULL)
#define TestCases       int cases, tc; sfi(tc); for(cases=1; cases<=tc; cases++)
#define TestCasespp     int cases, tc; cin>>tc; for(cases=1; cases<=tc; cases++)
#define common(a,b)     Sort(a), Sort(b), a.erase(set_intersection(all(a), all(b), a.begin()), a.end())
#define uncommon(a,b)   Sort(a), Sort(b), a.erase(set_symmetric_difference(all(a), all(b), a.begin()), a.end())

/**------- ShortCuts----------*/
typedef long long             ll;
typedef unsigned long long    ull;
typedef double                db;
typedef long double           ldb;
typedef pair<int, int>        pii;
typedef pair<ll, ll>          pll;
typedef pair<int, pii>        iii;
typedef vector<int>           vi;
typedef vector<ll>            vl;
typedef vector<pii>           vii;
typedef vector<iii>           viii;
typedef vector<vi>            vvi;
typedef map<int, int>         mapii;
typedef map<int, bool>        mapib;
typedef map<int, string>      mapis;
typedef set<int>              seti;

/**------- Char Chk----------*/
inline bool isLow(char ch){if(ch>='a' && ch<='z') return true; return false;}
inline bool isUpp(char ch){if(ch>='A' && ch<='Z') return true; return false;}
inline bool isDig(char ch){if(ch>='0' && ch<='9') return true; return false;}

/**------- Double Chk----------*/
inline bool are_equal(db a, db b){return fabs(a-b)<numeric_limits<db>::epsilon();}
inline bool less_than(db a, db b){return (b-a) > ((fabs(a)<fabs(b)?fabs(b):fabs(a)) * numeric_limits<db>::epsilon());}
inline bool greater_than(db a, db b){return (a-b) > ((fabs(a)<fabs(b)?fabs(b):fabs(a)) * numeric_limits<db>::epsilon());}

/**------- Functions ---------*/

template<typename T> string toString(T x){stringstream ss; ss<<x; return ss.str();}
template<typename T> T stringToT(string s, T a){T p; istringstream ss(s); ss>>p; return p;}
template<typename T> T SOD(T n){__typeof(n) sum=0, i=1; for(; i*i<=n; i++) sum += (n%i)?0:((sq(i)==n)?i:i+n/i); return sum;}
template<typename T, typename S> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const pair<T, S> &v){os << "(" << v.ff << ", " << v.se << ")";return os;}
template<typename T, typename S> ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const map<T, S> &v){for(auto it : v) os << it.ff << " : " << it.se nl; return os;}
template<typename T>ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const set<T> &v){ os << "["; for(auto it : v){os << it;if(it != *v.rbegin())os << ", ";}os << "]";return os;}
template<typename T>ostream& operator << (ostream& os, const vector<T> &v){os << "["; for(int i=0; i<v.size(); i++){ os << v[i]; if(i != sz(v)-1) os << ", ";} os << "]"; return os;}

/**--------Loops--------------*/
#define frab(i, a, b)      for(__typeof(b) i=(a); i<=(b); i++)
#define fr0(i, n)          frab(i, 0, n-1)
#define fr1(i, n)          frab(i, 1, n)
#define rfab(i, a, b)       for(__typeof(b) i=(b); i>=(a); i--)
#define rf0(i, n)           rfab(i, 0, n-1)
#define rf1(i, n)           rfab(i, 1, n)

/**------- Scanf----------*/
#define sf                 scanf
#define sfs(a)             scanf("%s", a)
#define sfc(a)             scanf("%c", &a)
#define sfi(a)             scanf("%d", &a)
#define sfd(a)             scanf("%lf", &a)
#define sfl(a)             scanf("%lld", &a)
#define sfu(a)             scanf("%llu", &a)
#define sfin(a, i, n)       fr0(i, n) sfi(a[i])
#define sfln(a, i, n)       fr0(i, n) sfl(a[i])
#define sfii(a, b)         scanf("%d %d", &a, &b)
#define sfdd(a, b)         scanf("%lf %lf", &a, &b)
#define sfll(a, b)         scanf("%lld %lld", &a, &b)
#define sfuu(a, b)         scanf("%llu %llu", &a, &b)
#define sfiii(a, b, c)     scanf("%d %d %d", &a, &b, &c)
#define sfddd(a, b, c)     scanf("%lf %lf %lf", &a, &b, &c)
#define sflll(a, b, c)     scanf("%lld %lld %lld", &a, &b, &c)
#define sfuuu(a, b, c)     scanf("%llu %llu %llu", &a, &b, &c)

/**------- Printf----------*/
#define pf                 printf
#define pnl                puts("")
#define pfgap              printf(" ")
#define pfig(a)            printf("%d ", a)
#define pfc(a)             printf("%c\n", a)
#define pfi(a)             printf("%d\n", a)
#define pfs(a)             printf("%s\n", a)
#define pflg(a)            printf("%lld ", a)
#define pfl(a)             printf("%lld\n", a)
#define pfu(a)             printf("%llu\n", a)
#define pfd(a)             printf("%.2lf\n", a)
#define pfii(a, b)         printf("%d %d\n", a, b)
#define pfll(a, b)         printf("%lld %lld\n", a, b)
#define pfuu(a, b)         printf("%llu %llu\n", a, b)
#define pfdd(a, b)         printf("%.2lf %.2lf\n", a, b)
#define pfiii(a, b, c)     printf("%d %d %d\n", a, b, c)
#define pflll(a, b, c)     printf("%lld %lld %lld\n", a, b, c)
#define pfuuu(a, b, c)     printf("%llu %llu %llu\n", a, b, c)
#define pfin(a, i, n)       fr0(i, n) {if(i) pfgap; pfig(a[i]);}
#define pfln(a, i, n)       fr0(i, n) {if(i) pfgap; pflg(a[i]);}
#define pfddd(a, b, c)     printf("%.2lf %.2lf %.2lf\n", a, b, c)

/**--------File------------*/
#define inOut              {input; output;}
#define Case               printf("Case %d: ", cases)
#define input              freopen("input.txt","r",stdin)
#define Casepp             cout << "Case " << cases << ": "
#define output             freopen("output.txt","w",stdout)

/**--------Constant------------*/
#define eps                1e-9
#define mx2                101
#define mx3                1001
#define mx4                10001
#define mx5                100001
#define mx6                1000001
#define INF                0x3f3f3f3f

/**-------Upper & Lower Bound-------*/
#define LB(a, v)            (lower_bound(all(a), v))
#define UB(a, v)            (upper_bound(all(a), v))

/**--------DeBug------------*/
#define watch(x)            cout<<(#x)<<" is "<<x<<"\n"
#define chk                 cout<<"Wtf"<<"\n"

const int mod = 1e9 + 7;
const int mx  = 2*mx5;

int n, a[105], b[105];

int main(){FasterIO;
    cin >> n;
    fr0(i, n-1)
        cin >> b[i];

    fr0(i, n) a[i] = INF;

    int sum = 0; a[0] = b[0];
    for(int i=0; i<n-1; i++){
        if(b[i] >= max(a[i], a[i+1])) continue;
        else a[i] = min(a[i], b[i]), a[i+1] = b[i];
    }
    sum = accumulate(a, a+n, 0);
    cout << sum nl;
    return 0;
}



Measured memory_bytes: 256