recently, my friend and bmx flatlander julia preuss from berlin, germany, came to visit vienna. here's what she has to say about her stay in the austrian capital.
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When the daily routine is getting bored and riding starts to annoy you, a trip will mostly help against those frustrating moments. So without wasting my thoughts, I booked a trip to Vienna immediatly. The 23rd October was the day to get ready.
Taking my bike apart and puting it into a huge bag was such a good feeling that i nearly forgot my pedals on the microwave.
After a stressful RER trip and a horibble flight, I arrived at the Vienna airport, where Stephi, founder of „mizzi.“, picked me up. On the next day she took me to „Wien Messe“ where we met Irina for a little session. Too bad that the ground was messed up with stones and leaves, so the session didnt last that long, so we went for a coffee and a poker night.
With a lil hangover, Irina and me went back to the same spot the other day and needed to clean it first. But with a lil hand broom it was kinda impossible. Happily there was this guy driving around with his cleaning car and borrowed me a big broom. After 10 minutes the ground was free from annoying things and we started with a lil jam.
2 hours later, Stephi joined and we started to take some footage of my riding. Setting me under pressure is such a good thing for learning new tricks. So after 20 minutes a new little combo was dialed and I was totally stoked but somehow I realised that after 5 hours.
With more videos and photos, we wanted to take some more footage at a totally awesome spot. Even a barrier wouldnt stop me from the ultimate picture. After taking off that sucker, a security guy came, yelled around and without saying anything we left as fast as we could. Being a little tired, the day ended with some hardcore sightseeing, that continued the next day. Around 5 p.m. I was back at the airport where I had to say goodbye to Stephi who took me back there. Back in Paris the daily routine started again, but one thing is clear: Travelling with the bike is just one of so many great things about that sport.
A BIG thanks to Stephi and Irina, who showed me around, letting me stay with them and haveing a real good time there! This was definitely not my last trip to Vienna!
