Wow this week has literally flown by!!
Most days have been spent training in the morning. If it is nice enough not to rain this we bike it to the course. Then middle of the day is usually spent in relaxing. I've enjoyed still biking around and exploring parts of Augsburg or biking it up to the internet cafe. I've read quite a few books this week as its so nice to sit out in the sun!
On Monday the girls had their rest day so we went out on the town... shopping! As I had already been walking around town for my first week I knew where all the good stores were. We also checked out the Rathaus (Town Hall) and the Goldener Saals (The golden Hall) which is pretty cool. The town hall is in the middle of the town. Its pretty much all been rebuilt as the original was pretty heavily bombed during World War 2. The Hall is amazing. The ceiling is made entirely of gold and frescoes. Its a pretty impressive scene. Later that night too we finished off our day by biking back into the middle of town for some yummy ice-cream!
Tuesday it was back into training and I definitely enjoyed that rest! It was also my turn to make dinner. So when the girls went of to do another gym session. I decided to go for a stroll around to see what I could find for dinner. I ended up getting quite inventing and decided to make homemade kebabs. Turned out alright. I think I could open up a kebab store back home!
My amazing dinner was topped off with some ice-cream in town again with some of the other paddlers here. They are part of team Amadonsa which is a pretty cool concept. They paddle for all different nations but work together in training and with getting coaching. So we had a really nice chat to them, although sometimes one half of the table was speaking in English and the other French. I love how everything over here is so multi-lingual. Guess I am such a language student still!
Wednesday saw Heather arrive in Augsburg and join our girly apartment. Heather is just recently engaged (Big Congrats to Heather) and so we decided that a celebratory drinks and dinner was in order. We went out to a place quite near where we are staying called "Joe Penas' Mexican". We though seeing it was a Wednesday it wouldnt be quite busy but the place was packed. We only just managed to scrape a table thanks to Heather's brilliant German skills. Was a really great night. Again we went into town for some ice-cream. I don't think I've ever been sooo full in my life after that night! Was great fun and I really love the fact that you can just hop on your bicycle to get anywhere.
So the last two days have been busy paddling and then resting in between. Roz,Kate and Leanne are of to Oetz for the weekend to get some river runs in so the apartment will be quite quiet for the next couple of days. Then only a few more days here in beautiful Augsburg until I meet Erin in Munich to start our touring of Europe. First stop Munich! Erin arrived here yesterday and I can't wait to see here and be really touristy. People here keep thinking i'm a local which is kinda cool but I really want to be a tourist now. I'll head up to the net cafe tomorrow and add some pictures. Especially of my sweet wheels :)
