Road Trip 2008 - Updates

[VRStu]

Reims a couple of weeks ago --

[Stuart_J]

Reims a couple of weeks ago --

Ive got a picture just like that

[Kaiserb_uk]

Route Napoleon is on your route..................suuuuuuuperb!!

Yes, yes it was. Very!

[Stuart_J]

So hows it going, where are you going next etc etc

[Kaiserb_uk]

So hows it going, where are you going next etc etc

Sorry, yes, it's been updated now...

Travel Blog: Briskoda.net - Hairpin Tour of Europe 2008

[Stuart_J]

Sorry, yes, it's been updated now...

Travel Blog: Briskoda.net - Hairpin Tour of Europe 2008

Glad your having fun & no problems yet, Im only a tadge jealous sat here in the sogging wet UK

[expostmanpat]

Stelvio pass this afternoon:) weather 28 degrees and sunny :P

Only one small **** up so far, the international agent managed to get a booking confused, so a double room needed in Chur, but the efficient Swiss managed to find a twin room in another hotel for the remainder of our party, major relief as the place is packed out, very:O though.

Along the way we have got lost in Paris :eek: been down a drainage channel/channel in Nimes (vey Italian job, but in France) Meant to do it folks all part of the PPat tours experiance Kept together for a goodly proportion of the routes, but when we have been split up eveyone as managed to find the right roads and Drive

Thats all for now :wave:

Andrew

[Stuart_J]

Great

Looking forward to a full report & loads of piccies when you get back

[mdk1]

Glad it's all going well.

been down a drainage channel/channel in Nimes (vey Italian job, but in France)

Your not the only one to have done that :eek:

Dam Tom Tom

[apd007]

Italy today. Drove up a road you may have heard of it, called the Stelvio Pass . Great road apart from too many tourists :P

[expostmanpat]

Home and bloody tired

[expostmanpat]

And a massive thanks to all the participants for putting their faith in me and making the trip what it was

[mdk1]

Glad you all made it back safely

[expostmanpat]

Roughly 500 photos and 8 hours of video to edit and upload :eek:

[sms]

welcome back, was the fuel any cheaper?

[Allams Skoda]

Roughly 500 photos and 8 hours of video to edit and upload :eek:

Best get cracking then!

[apd007]

Thanks again to Postman Pat for organising such a monumental trip.

Thanks to everyone else who went and made the nights such a good laugh

Pat "Cafe de Paris"

Sean "Mit Gas"

Jeanette "Bloody Satnav"

Will

Simon

Irin and last but not least Roxy

Fuel was cheapest in Switzerland :eek:

[expostmanpat]

Don't forget the gorgeuos Adelle. .... .... Monsieur Patriiiiiiiiiicke

[simonsheil]

Just to echo the comments of thanks now I am back home, slept, refreshed and the car unpacked.

Have to say that it has been a awsome 10 days, thansk to Andrew for organising it and everyone for being there.

[expostmanpat]

Thanks Simon glad you enjoyed it

Glad to hear that Monsieur Patriiiiiiiicke as arrived home safely in the Emerald Isle (Hope Adelle survived the long journey in the boot :eek:)

Started a new thread here for pics and Blogs

http://briskoda.net/international-skoda-meets/road-trip-2008-de-brief-photos-facts-figures-videos/123000/

[Kaiserb_uk]

Great trip, good company and a brilliant laugh. Thanks again Andrew.

I could sleep for week. Unfortunately I left my place a sty so I'm doing housework when I should be editing video

[Stuart_J]

Well done

Where next year ??????????

You will find it very addictive

[mathepac]

Andrew, Sincere thanks for planning, leading, organising and controlling such an eventful and truly unforgettable tour. (I knew my Open Uni thingy in whatchamacallits wasn't a waste)

I would like to thank everyone for their special contributions to making the tour a unique experience and I have named sections of our adventures in their honour -

APD007's Handbrake mini-Tour of Tight Green French Corners and Tyre Shops

kaiserb_uk's BlackMagic mini-Tour of Unmapped Europe

Adele's Frequent Tours of Large German Mens' Bottoms

Sean's "La Meme Chose" Tour of Gastronomic Europe

Jeannette's "Road's Clear, You're Still Clear", "Bus Coming", "Fecken Bikers" Tour of European Overtaking Hot-spots

APD007's "I've got better brakes than an Audi" Head-to-head Tour of the Alps

Irin's Alpine Photographic Tour of the Czech Chick's Cleavage

mathepac's Tour of the Noisiest Bedrooms in the Universe (European Leg)

The "My SatNAv Sez" Tour of U-turns, Round-abouts, Intersections, Cul-de-sacs, Drains, Deserted Railway Stations and Going Round in Circles

postmanpat's "Oh 5h1te, I've overcooked that" Tour of Alpine Kitty-litter

The Briskoda Tour of Witty Austrian Head Waiters (I posted back his key)

The "Feed the Tourists Any Auld Strange Green 5h1te in a Shot-glass" Tour of European Dining Rooms

The Briskoda Tour of the Most Expensive Bread in the World

Thanks guys and commiserations to ric04vrs on missing out and sincere thanks for the opportunity to hook up with some of the most genuinely friendly and enjoyable people I've met in a long time - total nutters, but genuinely friendly and enjoyable nutters.

It was a good'un - here's to next year.

[mathepac]

... so I'm doing housework when I should be editing video

Multi-task, bud. Did you learn nothing on the tour? Drive, talk, photograph, eat, sleep, drink water and get lost all at the same time. Oh sorry - that was me.

[mitgas]

Well - finally rested, watered and registered on Briskoda. Just wanted to add my thanks to Andrew for organising this trip - I seriously couldn't have asked for a better week. It was made all the better by the great company of everybody who went. Mind you, lets not forget that this trip was also full of danger and peril....lest we not forget our attempted poisoning by some green concoction in Baratier after insulting the french by questioning the composition of the alps and the horse/ toll booth size ratio. Our run in with the ultimate femme fatale nearly cost us too - but luckily pat was set upon Adelle and (presumably) dispatched with her. Then of course was the perfectly legitimate questioning of the menu in Chur and our near -bankruptcy by the Austrian's decision to try and halt our bread eating by charging us per slice and over-taxing the butter.

Seriously though, wonderful time. Cheers Guys.

Sean