Cette première journée, précédant la journée officielle d’entrainement demain samedi, nous l’avons consacrée à faire un peu de tourisme dans la Serra de Estrela. Le paysage est assez agréable, mouvementé, avec une végétation rase ou constituée d’épineux, juste balafré par de nombreuses lignes électriques – Portugal et Brésil ne sont pas cousins pour rien – et de longues rangées d’éoliennes. Et pour cause, le vent souffle fréquemment sur la région.
We had no free flight today. A strong South wind prevented us from making any attempt. Plus the access road to the only known South take-off was a bit too rocky for our small rental car. So we enjoyed a 2 hours return trip, driving on nice winding roads, a tiny tar strip going through villages made of nice stone houses, barely large enough for or Toy car.
Revoici quelques mots en français sur mon blog! Je vais essayer de publier à la fois en anglais et en français lors des prochains évènements sportifs auxquels je participerai. Vous pourrez donc faire votre choix. J’ai ajouté sous le menu « Accueil » une sélection des articles en fonction de leur langue. Vous aurez donc des nouvelles de la Coupe du Monde Portugal à Celorico da Beira dans notre langue maternelle.
Introduction. When I wrote down that word in the title, already looking for ideas to fill in the blog entry, I was wondering: have we been introduced? Do you know me, you who read me, speak about me or talk to me? Maybe, maybe not. Texts published here may denote that I have the easy life, having fun, traveling around the world. But, as an example, how many have any idea about what happened in my life over the last year and a half.
Frist words of conclusion have to be for the local organizer of the PWC Cœur de Savoie. Weather forecasts have had a hard time, organizers have had a hard time, and it started right on the registration day when the prediction for the whole upcoming week was awfull. After the closing ceremony, it must be said this organization has been more than excellent, a full success. They build a great village with lots of animations, booths attended by local producers, hundreds of children visiting and discovering our activity, bands playing, a very large ballroom for breakfast and dinners, plenty of shuttles and tons of volunteers, more than 40 sponsoring partners… Impressive.
