Try being woken up after a late night, 530 in the morning by a truck, johno was definitely not happy. Well racing is over and the team overall is happy with their results. We packed up this morning and we were on the road early to travel back to the land of the Germans saying goodbye to the fine hospitality of the Czechs for a couple of days.

Unlike our last car trip when we reached the German/Czech border we had a smooth but fairly long transition as the officer went through ever passport stamping and checking where we had been. Coincidently Sam was busting to go to the toilet and had to contain himself unlike last time.

We stopped for a lunch at Dresden about halfway in our journey. After lunch we were given free time to explore the historical area of Dresden that was being re-constructed after the devastation of World War II.

Our destination, a town called Leipzig, where the Germans have recently constructed a slalom course which is similar to Penrith. The team is looking forward to paddling it tomorrow. Today we had to settle watching the expertise of the German national team mastering there brand new course.

Tonight for dinner we went Mexican enjoying enchiladas nachos and all sorts of fine cuisine. Our accommodation is sweet and spirits amongst the team are high as we are all looking forward to paddling and enjoying the final week of junior team 2007

Joshua and Johno