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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #100 on: September 30, 2024, 10:53:55 »
Attendees may recall Peter mentioning a Track Day at Spa on Sunday ;D

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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #101 on: September 30, 2024, 15:07:01 »
That's why you left so early... respectable speed that...
Here some preliminary shots...

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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #102 on: September 30, 2024, 15:15:33 »
And some more... Note the gathering around Peter's (Suedtiroler's) car when he has the traditional boot full of Käse, Speck and Wein with him... (see last photo on the previous post).
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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #103 on: September 30, 2024, 16:01:08 »
And some more... Note the gathering around Peter's (Suedtiroler's) car when he has the traditional boot full of Käse, Speck and Wein with him... (see last photo on the previous post).

I assume that means you didn’t like my hot-smoked salmon?  ;) (To be fair, you do have to go some to beat Peter’s salami and Parmesan.)
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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #104 on: September 30, 2024, 21:31:45 »
I did like your hot smoked salmon but did not drink that weird Kombucha you brought...
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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #105 on: October 01, 2024, 06:01:41 »
Very sensibly, neither did anyone else. It was rank.
But was a driver-friendly beverage before our wine-tasting.
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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #106 on: October 01, 2024, 13:27:00 »
James & Peter (and those that helped you)

Thanks for a great event with fantastic stops, routes, meals and company.  Not easy to pull off.  Nicely done!

Much appreciated.
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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #107 on: October 01, 2024, 15:49:28 »
And thank you Peter for all the time, effort and dedication that you have devoted to organising these events for so many years now.

At last, you will hopefully be able to just turn up and enjoy future events now, just like the rest of us.

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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #108 on: October 01, 2024, 15:53:01 »
Christel, my wife and I were "first timers" and this is definitely something we will repeat.
It was great, thank you very much for all the great preparations, and we met super nice Pagoda folks.

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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #109 on: October 01, 2024, 18:28:55 »
We, Petra and I thank Peter and James for the exelent organisation of the tour. The lunch with wine tasting was very good and the castle of Vianden impressive restored. In my youth I saw the castle several times as a ruin.

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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #110 on: October 01, 2024, 18:33:11 »
Some more images.

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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #111 on: October 01, 2024, 21:10:40 »
I AM SO JEALOUS!!!!  Looks fabulous!
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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #112 on: October 02, 2024, 06:17:13 »
A couple from me
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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #113 on: October 02, 2024, 06:18:38 »
Definitely the worst weather we’ve had on an event.
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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #114 on: October 02, 2024, 06:21:02 »
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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #115 on: October 03, 2024, 14:28:25 »
I thanked our talented organizers in person but a public thanks is due. Take a bow Peter and James!

If there were unnamed helpers in the background a big thanks to them also.  The accommodations, food and drink were excellent but the driving destinations and route planning were tops. 

In spite of some dicey weather the event was a grand success!

A few pictures follow.

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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #116 on: October 03, 2024, 14:40:22 »
And a few more:
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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #117 on: October 03, 2024, 15:07:20 »
Some driving pics - day 1
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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #118 on: October 03, 2024, 15:17:49 »
Driving pics- day 2
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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #119 on: October 04, 2024, 11:49:34 »
What a great weekend in Luxemburg , we really enjoyed seeing all our friends again.

The bar is set higher again for 2026 :)

Great pictures everyone !  And I'm very curious to see Martijn his pictures.

Greetings ;
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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #120 on: October 04, 2024, 20:32:30 »
Thanks for sharing all the great pictures everyone!!

2026 sounds very tempting!

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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #121 on: October 15, 2024, 17:25:22 »
Great Pictures folks!!!

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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #122 on: October 16, 2024, 20:33:15 »
Here’s a 4 minute video of select moments of our Luxembourg Event:


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZLtFk4KN0SXQV7mUwTzkadAalCU6-Tjm/view?usp=drivesdk

Link is to Google Drive.   Turn volume on. 

(Anyone with this link should be able to open - now updated)
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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #123 on: October 16, 2024, 21:17:58 »
Excellent! Thanks for splicing this together. 👏👏
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Re: European Event 2024
« Reply #124 on: October 17, 2024, 08:09:40 »
Nice!

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