Tuesday - rest day and opening ceremony

Today was a pretty chilled out day. Some people went out to a sprint training map, Jasmine went to the Hungaria Cup and there was even a trip or two to Tesco. At 5pm everyone assembled outside for the Opening Ceremony. We are sending our best thoughts to Hanny and Grace for the middle final tomorrow!!!

From the long qualification

So hot right now

We are the lead out team for the parade!!

This is us

Wendy and Lance came over for a cup of tea and Lance showed us his strawberry bag :-)

Poser!

Huge team ;-)

Getting ready...

GROSS!!!!!

Christmas happens in August here

Hanny did us proud by giving the Athlete's oath

Some of the other teams

Monday - Long Qualification

Today was the long qualification. Hanny and Kathryn had solid runs and qualified in 5th position in their respective heats. Grace had a good run but unfortunately lost a couple of minutes towards the end. We had dinner together at a pizzeria (we cook ourselves usually) and some yummy ice cream for dessert. Tomorrow is a rest day, though we do have the official opening ceremony to look forward to.

Kathryn and Victoria went to Miskolc Tapolca - some thermal "cave baths"

Some of the team checked out the "Biker Pub"

These guys weren't afraid of the green water

Jasmine wants a career where she can use a headset (ok, so she wants to be Troy)

Uh oh - what is the red card on the windscreen?

Oops - shouldn't have parked here

Our first night out for dinner... our team took up one table. Then the Finns arrived and took up about 5 tables :-)

Ice cream for dessert

Middle Qual-WOC has started!

Today was the Middle Qualification.

Jas, Grace and Hanny were the athletes representing Australia.

Grace and Hanny both finished 11th in their heats.

Jas found the terrain technically and physically tough and now is looking forward to enjoying Miskolc.

The final for the middle will be held on Wednesday.

STORY BY KATHRYN

Grace finishing strongly

Jasmine, Hanny and Shannon

Victoria enjoying the cafe scene

Kathryn's coffee had honey in the bottom

Shannon and Jasmine look at the middle courses

What a cool place!!!!!

Coach Rob hanging out in the downtown

Kathryn in Miskolc

Some of the countryside

Kathryn, Shannon and Jasmine

Jasmine couldn't decide what souvenir to buy her Mum...

Saturday

This morning Rob, Victoria, Grace and Jasmine headed out to the model for the middle qualification. Kathryn, Hanny and Shannon stayed behind and went for their own runs before relaxing in the sun. We bought some lunch stuff from Lidl (about a 5 min walk) and plan to relax this arvo!

Walking across the road to Lidl

This is where we are staying

People in Hungary must be called Grant too

Enjoying the morning

Jasmine loves the local chocolate covered cheese cake things...

Hanny found a cool car

No, we didn't really buy the goldfield packets!!

They like to sell beer here

Wondering what to buy...

Friday

We are here!!!! The Aussie girls have moved into their accommodation at the university of Miskolc. It's awesome! Really new apartments and very comfortable... though we were sad to leave the cool village of Lillafured.

This morning Grace, Wendy and Lance drove to Slovakia for some long distance training. This arvo we trained on a sprint area near the thermal 'cave baths' in Miskolc Tapolca and now Kathryn and Jasmine are cooking dinner.

Jazza getting a massage by physio Victoria with Kathryn surfing the net in the background

The girls caught a train from Lillafured to Miskolc

Hanny and Kathryn

Jasmine catching some rays in Lillafured

Yummy - you can get a wide variety of chocolate cereal in Hungary...mmmm... This one even makes you fit!

Grace likes coke

Shannon working on the blog (and wearing half lycras)

Jasmine loves mushrooms

Kathryn cooking up a storm