28 April, 2006

exciting developements

for those who like to read early i figured id get the news out. first and i guess could be considered most important is dad is coming in may.

anyone remember that calander i was talking about the other day, how it had all the races in the area. well apparently i did not read it very well cause this morning i got bored and really studied it. i discovered, to my surprise and delight, that there are a couple of races within 100km in the next few weeks. the first ones i found were not accessable with a train, and i cant find contact info on them. then i found a race in Singen (35 km) away on monday. and being that i have no class monday this is good. i emailed the organizer to see if it was too late, have not heard back yet. i kept reading. next weekend there is one in Geislingen (70 km). then the next weekend Konstanz and i could just keep going...wahooo! i went and talked to the shop guy to see if he knew if i could race he said Geislingen for sure and probably Konstanz too. (i did not have the info about monday yet).
I got back to my room emailed the bike clubs and then a few minutes later i got an email from the club in Konstanz which i have been trying to find since my arrival. it was just a little bit about the club and who the guy was and all. i emailed back a few questions then got another email that basically said (translated) "i am very glad you are interested in the club. You can register for a racing liscense at this certain shop. I dont know who is riding today because the weather is so bad. We race in baden-wurt. and Rhein-land. area and we have a van to transport. the first people to register for the race get a place in the van, but many drive themselves. transportation to the races is no problem. on 03.05 we are having a team presentation, i suggest you come to it and we can talk."


part 2
racing this weekend is not going to happen. you have to have a license to race and you cant buy just a day one like at home. in fact you cant even buy one, you have to register through a team kinda thing. i went to do that today, but the guy i need to talk to was not in his shop (not a bike shop like i had been looking for, but a stamp shop). so i will be talking to him as soon as possible.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey, Jake! I'm out having coffee (wimpy tea)with your Mom. She's filling me in on your exciting European adventures. I have also seen Kaitlin more in the last few weeks than the last few years. She has been subbing in my classroom and others at Lakewood as well. I've also helped a bit on her quilt.

I tried to access your blog from school, but of course our firewall won't allow it!

I'm happy to see you're having fun with biking, cooking, and sightseeing. I'm sure your classes are a challenge.

Enjoy yourself there. They'll be some of your best memories someday.

Take care! Betsy