all hell broke loose

After an exhausting trip to Qindao, we finally arrived at our beloved Dianshan Lake. We resumed the lessons in the afternoon as it seemed to be another beautiful day with the proper amount of wind. But all of a sudden all hell broke loose, in no time the wind came up till about 6 Bft. and when we saw the lightning, it really became a dangerous play. So we decided to bring the kids immediately into safety. It took roughly a quarter of an hour until the wind settled down and we were able to assemble all the boats, fortunately there was only little damage caused.



Today, we could finally sail with the kids in normal conditions. First we gave some theoretical lessons and than we could start the practical part. This afternoon was probably the hottest moment we had during our stay in China. It was about 38°C and on top of that there was almost no wind. So we held again a little water fight to get some refreshment.
As you can see now the weather here on the lake can be very unsettled and treacherous...


Greets,

The Flying Shanghai Team

Qindao International Regatta

About our weekend to Qindao...
After a delayed flight because of the typhoon we finally arrived Friday night in Qindao. We were staying at the CYBP office on the 21st floor with a nice view on the new Olympic harbour!


After meeting up with the Qindao trainers we hit the town and had a very good time.
Next day we visited the Olympic harbour and we saw all the boats coming in after the regatta, including Carolijn Brouwer and Sebbe Godefroid.



Saturday night we had a great western meal and had a lot of fun in some famous Qindao bars where we pretended to be Belgian coaches wich saved us a lot of money!
There wasn't much time to sleep because we still had to visit a lot next day... So we woke op a little bit drowsy and head off to Jimo Lu (a well known Qindao fake market). Afterwards we went to 'Computer City' and the famous Tsintao brewery.
Sunday night we kept it calm because we had to catch our flight early Monday morning...


Greets,

The Shanghai Team