The finals are over and the kiwis partied in true NZ style. There was no official party so the NZers organised the teams to meet back at the river and then headed to a bar. All had a great time and swopped stories of the dramas of racing and email addresses. Monday morning Kidda and Nikki left at about 8.30am to face a 9 hour drive to Calais and the ferry to Dover. Nikki has an extra 10 days visiting relations in England.
The packing up went smoothly and we hit the road by about 10.15, purchased Czech motorway tax stickers as not prepared to risk a run in the with law.
Had a short stp at the boat house Troja ( Prague) as we had some Sandiline paddling gear to collect and drop Mike's boat and bag . A straight 4 hours to Munich with Lou and I driving a car each while everyone slept.
Mike D hitched a ride to Bratislava to collect a car to come back to Prague and train before heading to Switzerland for some racing prior to Uni Worlds.
Checked into the hotel, ( same one as the first night) and caught a trian to Munich centre. Quite a good deal with a concession of 11 Euro for 5 so not worth the hassle of driving and finding a park. Everyone starving so got a Radler (Shandy) and Wurst (German sausage) in the open air food market Virkutlnmarkt (sp??) near the Ratskeller. A wander around admiring some of the old buildings, amazing cars... Mercs for taxis and then found a big table at the famous Hofbrahaus. The Om Pa Pa band played and lots of groups having a good time. Had a large beer to finish off the trip in Bavarian style. I spotted a couple of cute frauleins and asked if they would have a photo with the boys. A little shy but soon were chatting and ended up going to Hard Rock Cafe with them. More email swopping then back on the train.
Today a little sight seeing while we fill in time until our 9pm flight to Bangkok. Without rubbing it in we are heading for another plus 30 day.
2 comments:
well done everyone & a safe trip home. Relaxing in Raro. wedding this afternoon. Few dramas not us yet fortunately but penny and a lot of her friends have had bad bad D & V. will tell you all about it. Love to all
Ma & Pa
Bout time you were getting home Braid, the dishes are piling up and the bros are refusing to do your share - we're down to eating off paper plates. still if you did them all like youve been doing your laundry, therell be less to do next time.
phil.
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