So, here we are once again in beautiful Augsburg, Germany. Arriving from Prague on Friday, we spent the last few days training, eating, sleeping and watching Trailer Park Boys. Yes, that is right, watching Trailer Park Boys. It is very sad, but this infamous Canadian documentary has come to end. We just rapped up watching the 7th and final season. It is a sad day, but, it was a good run and for those of you unfamiliar with the program, I recommend sourcing it out somehow. It is hilarious.
Training has been fun - we had the unique opportunity to train with the Chinese this past Saturday. It was unique in the sense of that there were coaches, support staff and professors (yes, university professors) littered on both sides of the river filming their athletes from various angles and analyzing everything in hope of finding the ticket or way of ensuring Olympic Gold at next year's games. After speaking to one of the athletes, who wished to remain antonymous, he told me that all of these people are here because it is gold or bust....a silver or bronze medal is insufficient and carries with it no or little reward. He told me that if he wins a gold, he can earn up to C$1M, and if he wins a silver, maybe he will get C$10,000.
I spent much of the day at the Munich Airport. Teammate James Cartwright arrived today...unfortunately his boat was mangled by the nasty plane monsters and is currently outside fixing it up....painful.
Alright friends, keep your heads up and I'll be back shortly with some more updates from the road.
One last note, for those of you in the Aurora area...keep your ears to street, their will be a SupportJohn.ca fundraiser in the near future....
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