Luuka , NZ senior paddler with her new boat
CSNZ Junior & U23 Teams
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Last Augsburg session
Photos from our last session at Augsburg. Paddling with Germans, the Aussie juniors and the Scottish juniors.
Lovely day today sunny with a light breeze.
Lovely day today sunny with a light breeze.
Still in Augsburg
An early morning half run session this morning at the course with a cool breeze to relieve some of the intense heat. Everyone enjoying the fresh and clean Germany compared to the Czech conditions, although the costs are higher.
Augsburg is a lovely small city and I have enjoyed wandering around and now with this being my second trip I feel as though I am getting to know my way around quite well.
With the heat the team not so into sightseeing, and are very keen to relax and watch DVDs at the apartment in between training sessions. I did manage to get a few of them to the Fuggerei which is what this area is pretty well known for. It is the oldest known social settlement in the world, dating back to 1500s when a wealthy German, Joseph Fugger built a small walled city´compound to house those who had fallen on hard times. There are over 150 people living there today and they pay less than 1 Euro per annum for rent. Gorgeous old brick buildings dripping in ivy made it worth a quick wander through.
The summer window boxes of brightly coloured geraniums, and huge potted colour everywhere contast with the cobbled alleys and old buildings really make Augsburg picture postcard material.
Tonight we are meeting Luuka and Katherine, the German exchange student who all the kayakers know, plus the Scottish junior team in the platz in front of the town hall and will absorb the atmosphere with dinner at an outdoor cafe.
After an early training session of full runs we will head back to Czech and move into the hotel in Roudnice for the business end of the trip. There is a famous castle this side of Prague so hopefully we have time to detour for a look. Internet is not as convenient in Roudnice as we need to use the hotel recpetion computer, so the emails and blog reports may slow up.
Hope all is well in NZ.
For those who might be interested, Sunday night TV3 at 8.50pm there is a TV programme that will feature Ella, so hopefully that is a good promo for canoe slalom.
Cheers
sue
Augsburg is a lovely small city and I have enjoyed wandering around and now with this being my second trip I feel as though I am getting to know my way around quite well.
With the heat the team not so into sightseeing, and are very keen to relax and watch DVDs at the apartment in between training sessions. I did manage to get a few of them to the Fuggerei which is what this area is pretty well known for. It is the oldest known social settlement in the world, dating back to 1500s when a wealthy German, Joseph Fugger built a small walled city´compound to house those who had fallen on hard times. There are over 150 people living there today and they pay less than 1 Euro per annum for rent. Gorgeous old brick buildings dripping in ivy made it worth a quick wander through.
The summer window boxes of brightly coloured geraniums, and huge potted colour everywhere contast with the cobbled alleys and old buildings really make Augsburg picture postcard material.
Tonight we are meeting Luuka and Katherine, the German exchange student who all the kayakers know, plus the Scottish junior team in the platz in front of the town hall and will absorb the atmosphere with dinner at an outdoor cafe.
After an early training session of full runs we will head back to Czech and move into the hotel in Roudnice for the business end of the trip. There is a famous castle this side of Prague so hopefully we have time to detour for a look. Internet is not as convenient in Roudnice as we need to use the hotel recpetion computer, so the emails and blog reports may slow up.
Hope all is well in NZ.
For those who might be interested, Sunday night TV3 at 8.50pm there is a TV programme that will feature Ella, so hopefully that is a good promo for canoe slalom.
Cheers
sue
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
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