Back from Europe!

[novass]

Whats up bitches!? I got back last night around midnight here and I just woke up LOL (its about 3:30pm now) I am still tired as hell so a full report on my travels will follow over the next few days. Until then, here is a checklist/journal I kept while away of things I saw/did.

Days abroad: 40
Countries visited: 6 to 8. The main ones are; Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and the other two are Gibraltar and Vatican City. I don't know if the last two count as separate countries which is why I said 6 to 8.
Photos taken: 4,022 :shock:
Cars rented: 3 in total for the group. 2 Audis in Spain and 1 VW in Germany
Race tracks visited: 2. Nurburgring (both the Nord' and the F1 track) and Fiorano.
Countries driven in: 2
Race tracks driven on: 0 :cry:
Countries I rode a bicycle in: 1. Belgium
Times I took a shit: 43
Meals eaten: over 120. 3 a day + various snacks
Times I ate at McDonald's: 3 :oops: (I never eat that shit here. Before this trip I hadn't eaten at a McD's in over 3 years)
Stairs climbed: about 15,000 and maybe even more
Country awarded with the best Mullets: Spain
Country awarded with the worst body odor: France. Italy is a close second.
Best drivers: Germany
Craziest drivers: Italy
Bodies of water entered: 2. English channel and the Mediterranean (both the Adriatic and Albaran sea)
Times I almost got in a fight: 3
Most expensive Coca-Cola seen: 11 euro for a can in France
Trains taken: 11 (not counting metros and inner city lines)
Overall progression of farmer's tan: 99% towards perfection
Weight gained/lost: +3 lbs :cry: (with all that walking and sweating I am telling myself its all muscle that was gained :mrgreen: )
Books read: 4


Thats all I got right now. Once I sort through all the pictures and finish unpacking, I will give a more detailed description of my travels and post some pics.

[ARMAN]

Welcome back dude! :P


Times I almost got in a fight: 3


:D what happend?

[novass]

Welcome back dude! :P


Times I almost got in a fight: 3


:D what happend?

People are assholes. When you go to a place like the Sistine Chapel in the summer, you have to expect a big crowd and that you will be bumped or pushed around a little by the massive amounts of people trying to get in. Still, some people get extremely angry, think you are doing it on purpose and get confrontational :bah:

[LEXION]

Welcome back dude! :P


Times I almost got in a fight: 3


:D what happend?

People are assholes. When you go to a place like the Sistine Chapel in the summer, you have to expect a big crowd and that you will be bumped or pushed around a little by the massive amounts of people trying to get in. Still, some people get extremely angry, think you are doing it on purpose and get confrontational :bah:

That only happens in Italy (no offence to anyone), you dont see that crowd in France at the Louvre or Spain at Sagrada Famillia....only in Italy, they push into the gates of a museum, as much people as they come, and after that , they hit there heads with all the lack space. How was the crowd at Fontana di Trevi :lol: :lol: :lol:


Great trip mate, it took me 3 years too see, what you saw in 40 days.

PLease post ALL YOUR PICS!!!!! :D And I hope you saw some great car sights :wink:

[Minacious]

Now that you are back I know you can't wait to get a Man-Hug from me. :D

[ARMAN]

Welcome back dude! :P


Times I almost got in a fight: 3


:D what happend?

People are assholes. When you go to a place like the Sistine Chapel in the summer, you have to expect a big crowd and that you will be bumped or pushed around a little by the massive amounts of people trying to get in. Still, some people get extremely angry, think you are doing it on purpose and get confrontational :bah:

oh I see... so you telling us that you didnt grab those lady's butts on purpose? :D

[saadie]

^^ hahahhaa

good to see you back 8)


Times I took a shit: 43

too much information :lol: ...
but yeh .. that shows european food isnt bad atall :lol: ..... :lol:

[novass]

Good to know you took a shit 43 times Novass!! :D :P :lol:

Great to have you back, and glad to hear you enjoyed your stay in the old continent :wink:

LOL Don't worry, not a single one of my 4,000 pics is of that. I just wanted to know how much of myself I left behind :lol: I had a great time and I am already planning my next trip, I just need to find some money first LOL


That only happens in Italy (no offence to anyone), you dont see that crowd in France at the Louvre or Spain at Sagrada Famillia....only in Italy, they push into the gates of a museum, as much people as they come, and after that , they hit there heads with all the lack space. How was the crowd at Fontana di Trevi :lol: :lol: :lol:

Great trip mate, it took me 3 years too see, what you saw in 40 days.

PLease post ALL YOUR PICS!!!!! :D And I hope you saw some great car sights :wink:

LOL Fontana di Trevi is where fight number 2 almost happened with one of those jerks that try to "sell" you roses.

I will get around to posting the majority of my pictures as I am sure some aren't the best pics on earth LOL Not only do I have to sift through all my pics but I have all the pics from everyone else too. The whole group combined took over 17,000 LOL

I got some good car sightings and missed some too. I would often see a nice car when I was carrying all of my luggage and couldn't get to the camera in time. As a last minute trip, my GF and I found a tour guide that took us all through Maranello and we visited the Lamborghini and Pagani factory as well as went to the Galleria Ferrari and outside of the Ferrari factory. Had I known we had the chance to go to Maranello prior to leaving, I would have tried to use some of my old contacts to get me into the Ferrari factory (probably still wouldn't have worked) but it was a spur of the moment thing.

Now that you are back I know you can't wait to get a Man-Hug from me. :D

I almost stayed in Europe, but that was the reason I came back :D


oh I see... so you telling us that you didnt grab those lady's butts on purpose? :D

LOL It wasn't my fault, its hard to keep your hands to yourself on a crowded subway :wink:

Sounds like you had a great trip novass, Im not sure either that gibraltar or the vatican city can be called countries, vatican city are a independant state Gib is a colony, but it has its own money so.....

How did you like Gibraltar, the prizes are very nice there especially on spirits...... :P

I`ll post a pic I took there a few years ago when I was sailing past Gibraltar on my way out of the "Med"......


http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/4483/gibraltargf4.th.jpg (http://img65.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gibraltargf4.jpg)


So get going post those pics dude.... :D

Gibraltar was great. I got some fish and chips and hung out with monkeys :mrgreen: It sure is one big ass rock

[novass]

Ya we went through a few of the tunnels. The one with all the rock formations (I am drawing a blank ATM on the name) and one with some old military displays overlooking the runway.

[novass]

Yes I was in those two also, its a huge system of tunnels in the rock, they even have a brewery in there so in case of a siege they still can have their pint of beer....
The tunnels will hold all of the people living in Gibraltar if Im not remebereing wrong for along time, really interesting stuff....Did you have to wait by the runnway for a plane to land...hehe

I didn't know there was a brewery in there. It would have been nice to have some cave beer :lol: We had to wait for the plane on our way out of there. Its kind of strange walking across a runway.

Good to have you back and I'm glad you had a nice trip! That sounds like an unforgettable trip. Hoping to see plenty of pics! :D

I just started transferring all the pics from my GS's laptop to my computer. It was my plan to start sifting through them today, but my mouse is all acting strange and I can't seem to fix it which may mean I need to buy a new one. I also have yet to see Transformers, so I may go get that out of the way this afternoon. :D Don't worry, I will upload my pics and travel stories very soon.

[nthfinity]

Wow!

:)

40 days abroad... how bad ass is that? Makes my 2 week trips look like weekend excursions hehe ;)

Welcome back novass!

[Z3uS]

LOL! We can see you had a great trip mate!
Now it's time to share some of those 4000+ pics you took.

[stradale]

What a trip! :shock:

Can't wait to read more about it and see your pictures.

[novass]

was it purely a vacation or did you travel for work in some way?

It was purely vacation, if you could call it that. It was 40 days of constant movement and sight seeing, didn't really rest too much. :D