What a long day just to get half way around the world.
Safe travels helped make the trip alot easier than I was expecting. With little to no drama along the way the transition from plane to plane to bus was simple and straight forward.
Boulder is a classic red brick building town, almost as cliche as they come, and what you would expect from what is seen in the movies. It is a University town where a quarter of its population is students (25,000). So lots of uni students + a kiwi accent has quickly singled us out as aliens and has created a great starting point of conversation with everyone about who we are and where New Zealand actually is.
Everyone has been extremely helpful. University Bike Shops is one of the sweetest bike shops I have ever been in. Typical American style of bigger is better and power in numbers, I have never seen so many bikes on a shop floor.
After a failed attempt to go for a bike ride on our first ride where we were blown off our bikes the guys at the shop are taking us out for a ride in the next coming days making our job of scoping the town out and finding loops for the remainder of the team that much easier.
We have moved in with a ex-pat kiwi while we try find a place to stay. Showing my youth I didn't realize how hard and expensive this could be, however from what I have been told Boulder isn't exactly the cheapest place to live either. A bit of a transition into my version of the real world as I do admit I am living my dream.
A few Kiwis for company has been good fun and helps to pass time when walking the streets yet the idea of living here for 5months hasn't really sunk in yet, for me it seems the same as my brief trip away last year where I was in and out within 10weeks. Its a bit more than that this year, make it 20weeks. With plenty of racing on the schedule there will be plenty going on to keep me busy I'm sure.
Its only day 2 here and adjusting to the time zones hasn't been too hard yet however the challenge of adjusting to altitude is going to be and all new experience.
I must admit I do already miss NZ but look forward to racing and riding my bike here in the US.
Over and Out
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