On Saturday, Joe and I met up with Claudia Haeusler to drive 2.5 hours over to Stuttgart for a day of training, talking, eating, and of course fun!

I am excited to be racing with Team Stuttgart next season in the Bundessleague Races in Germany. Olaf Janson, the team manager, arranged for us a day of training at a sports club (very nice because we could shower after our cold ride and warm up again!). And then we had our team meeting in a nice Italian restaurant, Ristorante Bootshaus. Olaf had a slide show of pictures from last season to show everyone, and then he had a very nice presentation for the new season introducing all the new riders (me being one of them!) and what to expect for next year. It was all very professional.

The girls were all very nice, and even though they are all German, they all understand English very well. I had a great time talking to them during our ride… we mostly talked in English because my German is so limited. Olaf and the girls are going to help me learn German. I am still teaching myself German, but it is difficult when you don’t practice speaking it a lot. I know next season I will have lots of practice at the races!

After the presentation we had dinner, then Claudia, Joe, and I hit the Autobahn back to Munich. We arrived back home around 10pm and we were exhausted! It was a fun day and I had a great ride with the Stuttgart girls.