near Paris, 1 July 12.22 am
Dear Peeps, I am writing this instead of joining my colleagues on the dancefloor. Not really interested in dance floors where colleagues are concerned I must say.
So today we had the usual seminar things - workshops and the like - and then this afternoon we indulged in the national sport of France - cycling. Ninety of us left the hotel on bikes for an 8km ride around nearby villages. We were organised into teams of 8 or 9 and asked to complete a course, do a bike riding agility test and find clues etc. You get the idea - teambuilding stuff. I am pleased to report that as the only Australian I felt I represented my country well by being the quickest female through the agility course!
After the bike ride we were advised that our next event was kayaking. Those of us who wanted to race our kayaks were asked to raise our hand. In a rash moment a Swedish colleague and I decided to go in the race. We thought it would be about 100m so we put together a game plan to try to beat all the others. It turns out that the race was 5km... after the first 100m we were completely spent. Nevertheless we were the first all-female team to finish.
I just know that between the bike riding and the kayaking I will barely be able to walk, talk or hold a pen tomorrow.
Half a day left of the seminar tomorrow and then I will be back out to Charles de Gaulle Airport for an Air France flight to asia and then back to Sydney by Sunday morning.
Would I like to stay a little longer? Of course. I think I'll have to work on a family holiday here next European summer...
5 comments:
Oh yes! That way you could actually have time to SHOP! Seminars, ugh.
So it WAS sports clothes you needed...not a sports jacket. Just as well you went with the literal translation of the French program. (I'm assuming you did? Otherwise, I'm sure you looked great on a bike and kayak in the women's equivalent of a sports coat...)
yes, luckily I took actual sports clothes. Many people did not so it was a little tricky for them to cycle and kayak in jeans and slip on shoes. Especially as we all got QUITE wet and some of us fell over in the mud.
Well, well well done! How appropriate as Le Tour (de France) starts this week-end albeit in Rotterdam. We had the thrill, a few years ago when we were still in Brighton, of it passing almost the end of our road. Where were you kayaking – down the Seine?
Maybe you should ride the Loop the Lake with us this year instead of Firegazer?
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