They made it!

If Claudiu, our coach, ever decides that he no longer wishes to be a world class canoe champion and coach of national championship kayak and canoe teams, he'd make a fine travel agent!

Since 5am this morning, he's been on the phone with our hosts in Romania.

He reports that the 2nd group has arrived from Rome, tired but upbeat, and the recombined team has left Bucharest on the team bus headed to Orsova. The LCKC crew should arrive there by 12:00am est Midnight Monday morning.

Many thanks to everyone involved for their support.

9am Monday Update:

Claudiu reports that the team made it to Orsova! All are safe and, at the moment, asleep. We should be hearing from our world travelers by noon. 

We Should Have Turned Left in Albuquerque...

Latest report on Romanian trip group in Rome:

It looks like the connecting flight from Rome to Bucharest has either been delayed or cancelled. I've been in touch with Terri at At La Carte Travel (our official travel planner), and she was investigating to see what was happening. (Go get 'em Terri!)

5:45pm UPDATE:

Terri contacted Alitalia and found out that the plane did indeed leave Rome at 4pm our time, and the flight is scheduled to arrive in Bucharest around 6pm est. 

Yay!

We're on the road to Orsova!

The LCKC Romanian Road Trip 2009 began Saturday after our athletes participated in the Lanier Racing Series Southern Invitational Regatta. Two groups left Hartsfield/Jackson International in Atlanta about 4:40pm est.

The first group to arrive in Romania that flew to Amsterdam arrived on time early this morning. They went to the Olympic Training Facility, ate, and got a tour of the facility. The other group had a 12- hour delay in their connecting flight, and are scheduled to leave Rome in about 3 hours, and will be arriving in Romania about 7pm est. Sunday evening.

http://www.flightstats.com/go/FlightStatus/flightStatusByFlight.do?id=161212831&utm_source=airlineInformationAndStatus&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=co-op

The entire group will be on the bus that picks up our delayed group later today and will then drive 6 hours to the Orsova Club Training Academy.

The club website: www.k-corsova.ro

(it's in Romainian - you can translate it with Google Translator: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fk-corsova.ro%2F&sl=ro&tl=en&history_state0=)

Everyone's ok - Marcy said the group was doing well.

We'll keep updating the blog as the trip unfolds. Good luck team!

On the road again...

June of 2009 is shaping up to be a busy month for LCKC paddlers.

Some are heading to Lake Placid, NY for the USACK Development Camp.

Some are heading to Romania to train with Kaiac-Canoe Orsova.

Frequent flyer miles - here we come!