We arrived in Zurich Airport in Switzerland after 30 hours of travel time to be greeted by one of our newly adopted parents, Erik with a very nice New Zealand flag welcoming our arrival!
After a nights sleep after very little shut eye on the planes we headed off to our new training location up in the hills of Fanas (Eggli). To reach our accommodation hut required a ride up the Funicular (Gondula) to where we would reach 1700 metres above sea-level!
As we took the birds eye view up the hill with all our gear we got a fair idea of how steep this road was leading up to the hut but until we actually got onto our bikes and road it first hand, man did we get a bit of a shock! It is very steep!
Our training requires us to head down the hill to where it is accessible to trails and tarmac roads. From the bottom and flat it is a 1100metre climb to the top! All that means is that we have a good solid climb to finish our ride - good preparation for Champery where the World Champs will be held.
Today Mat and I rode a loop that I had negotiated my way around yesterday which included a nice tarseal ride amongst the forest that leads into a town called Shuders. From here we enjoyed a solid 20minutes of downhill alongside an impressive river and the most spectacular scenery!
Our location is quite remote but the views are stunning and so it is the perfect place to unwind and relax after a good training session!
I look forward to heading off to our first World Cup Round in Czech once our 2 weeks of training are complete and will be updating my blog again after the race!
Hope that all back in our Homeland are keeping safe and warm with all that snow!
Photos to come!
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