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Missed it.
... usually wins). tracked down Billy Glasson for the " late mail" and a "sure thing" .....had my heart pound as I put my $5 each way on some horse that is still running.....or by now pulling a milk cart somewhere....snuck the TV into class so 9.5B can watch it with me ( all promising not to tell anyone) ....and we MISSED IT.....Alex rang us at 1.30 am (I don't think she has quite worked out the Austrian....Australian time difference yet) .....and she was a BIG help.....she had ...
Not The Top Of The World
... on their slopes......wooden homesteads painted in the colours you would expect in Austria...like buttercup yellow and baby blue...if it was not all real you would have thought Hollywood had created a very cliched film set....it was so typical Austrian it looked like a postcard.....you expected Sister Maria and the Von Trapp family to come running over one of the hills...when we got to Zell Am See I must admit we were somewhat disappointed....the lake ...
Eagles nest
... leading up to the site is a 6km long, windy, and only one car length wide. Once at the top of the mountain, we then had to take an elevator to the building. Once it was all said and done, standing atop the eagles nest, we were over 6000 feet up, looking over Austria on one side, Germany on the other, and the Swiss alps in the distance. It was quite a view.
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Sunday- Monday
... good race run
and finished 31st out of 75 riders. It was a great result for his first Worlds. Next
year South Africa!!
All the parents were invited back to the team hotel on Sunday night for drinks and
dinner. It was great to catch up with Thomas before heading home on Monday.
Yet again I had problems with the shuttle from Leogang to Salzburg airport. All was
good to start with, ...
Saturday afternoon update
... away until after race tomorrow then the track should be in prime condition. I realizes today why everyone around here smokes! They can buy a pack of cigarettes for €3.70. That's around 4 bucks a pack. As with their dogs, they smoke anywhere. Sitting in a crowd of people and someone will light up. I was having lunch in the food hall today and there were ashtrays on every table with people just lighting up amongst the crowd. Even all the army dudes seem to walk around with ...