coffee in the pot

So its been a while and surprise surprise not that much has changed. Well actually dont drink as much coffee (well didnt ) as Luke the barister left the other 3 of us to go do some races in germany (he races a different discipline). So now he is back and coffee seems to come up alot in every day procceedeing. OO and may i add that the 50-60 year old man onthe computer next to me looks like he is looking at 'gentalmans' websites and i keep pushing 'a' instead of 'e' on the freaking keyboard. . . . but then i am Kiwi so i guess im just writing how i sound . . .to the rest of the world. Every kiwi iv met knows im saying pen and not pin when i say pen. WHOO just needed to get that one off my chest. So read an email from my sister today which i recieve about a week ago but it was too long for my state of mind then so i only read the first line. Then at the bottom she rambled on because she didnt think id read that far.. . . i love that sisterly bond where you know just how things are with the other, semi true but i did read it in the end.

Went out with the other 4 boys the other night to the only pub in Pila (PILA:population 50 80% of which seem over 100). We got taken care of and made it home in the morning some time with some cheese form a farmer who was ment to milk his cows at 4 but managed to leave the pub with us much later and drove home drunk in his fiat panda. Ill tell my kids a that story (little bit more to it). Woke up most of the old folks on our way home apparently. (must sleep with there hearing aids in). Found that out from natasha the bar owner who the decrepids were blaming for the noise.

ill leave it there cause thats pretty much it.

World cup photos (post event generaly)

Me Tonio top of training hill

To the brim and more

TEAM SSANG YONG

Alex(manager) not the guy you want to get on the wrong side of

Nothing like a ComPletEly SobER 4am poker game

COmpleteLy sobeRt

Olivia and Harriet happy the 2nd World cup round is over, they drowned there sorrows well

In other countries they put whos missing on the milk , austria they put who will die?

More kiwis Harriet and Olivia at Schladming world cup Austia

The good ol Amy laird from CHCH NZ woowoo @ Mt st anne

Warm up before the epic Mt Saint anne race run

Random photos

Me hiking up some rather steep cliffy thing. 4 hours of walking is hard

Me doing what i do

Tires any body? rearanging the tire room, thanks kenda

Kiwi ingenuity, flat tires are no match for the common brain of a NZer. AND the fact that im cheap and had spear tube back at the appartment rather than buying one when i only had to ride another km (antonio went a brought on when he flatted (obviously not a kiwi))

reflection view from the deck of our team base in pila

Tonio on the deck with one if our many awesome sunsets over mt blanc

SNAIL!!!!!!!

After a practice run at Mont st anne i went back to the car to be greated by the forever cheeful Alex (our manager). He was all excited and continued to tell me how there were so many snails running around. I thought OK that doesnt entirely make sence but he's french and im used to it. However i noted there were no snails to be seen. Alex then continued to tell me how one ran across the carpark and over his foot. I took a moment, he can sometimes take his time but he's not that slow. He noted the confusion on my face and questioned me and then asked what a snail WAS. Establishing that escargo (french for snail) wouldnt move that fast even on Ecstacy he continued to describe a squirelly thing and found it very funny.
lost in translation

animaly thingy