Short stay in Germany

When our ferry from Karlskrona arrived in Gdynia, we had some time to do the shopping in Tesco. Afterwards we moved to the surroundings of our trainer's home and packed both buses appropriately to survive this long journey. Kajo joined us then and we were absolutely ready to depart.
We reached the destination (Röttenbach) about midnight. We spent 2 nights in a Catholic house. All that gave me a great opportunity to try and improve my German. There was only one strange thing there: we could use showers in a nearby sports hall... only between 17 and 21!

One day we all met for a kind of an official meeting, during which we were bound to get to know which EYOC races we are going to take part in. I was sure to run the long distance, the relay squad hadn't been announced yet. Unfortunately, I was informed I was not going to take part in the sprint distance competition. I felt really upset and sorrowful. Was it the right decision? It's not me who should judge it...

We trained there a bit as well :-)

On Wednesday's afternoon another journey began - this time directly to Switzerland. We were divided into 2 buses: white one with W/M18 classes driven by Kajo and red one with W/M16 classes driven by our headcoach. It turned out I was extremely lucky to be in the white one!

On our way Hewi's phone suddenly rang and he heard something really unbelievable. Their bus started to burn! Yeah, believe me! Fortunately, Wels is a member of a volunteer fire brigade and managed to extinguish it easily. Nevertheless, this vehicle was of no use then and they had to change their car. They rented a 7-person (2 places missing!) automobile with almost no boot. They were packed like sardines and arrived over 4 hours after us in Solothurn.

Only 2 days to go now.......