Europe Trip

[Nick]

Well, I just got back from my trip to Europe the other day. We went to Ireland, Scotland, and England for 10 days. It was realy fun, and I saw tons of nice cars, Fiats, Alfa Romeos, MGs, Aston Martins, Ferraris, a Lamborgini, Maseratis, TONS of Porches, Jaguars, Mercedes Benzes, a Bently, some TVRs and Caterhams too! I probably am missing some. Anyway, I got a couple pictures of some newer looking Fiats, only 2 cars, there were many others but these were the only real neat looking Fiats I saw.

A Fiat Bravo:





Sorry about the camera angle, took the picture while running to our bus hehe.

And a Fiat Panda:





I thought this sign was really funny too:




I think we may have been driving during a car show somewhere when we saw most of the cars I mentioned. In about 30 minutes we saw probably $2 million in cars driving on the highway.

[Tappy]

Ireland, Scotland, and England ? thats not even REAL Europe
the steering wheel isnt even on the right side (hmm ? bad translation ?)

jk, its very nice over there and they even speak englisch (aldo i cant really understand the scottish and irish)

but hey glad you had a wonderfull time

Next time do the mainland , then you can drop in here in Belgium , you can visit the abarth works museum and in a radius of 2000 km you'l have amsterdam , paris , barcelona , cannes etc

[Nick]

Well, I'm going on a trip again with my family in less than two weeks. Its a Mediterranean cruise, we'll visit Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy. So I'm REALLY excited for that one. I'll get a larger memory stick for my camera to take pictures of more cars! I'm hoping to find a Fiat dealer to visit in Italy. I saw some in Ireland, but I was on a bus most of the time and couldn't stop to visit them.

[SanAnEliseMan]

Ireland, Scotland, and England ? thats not even REAL Europe
the steering wheel isnt even on the right side (hmm ? bad translation ?)

jk, its very nice over there and they even speak englisch (aldo i cant really understand the scottish and irish)

but hey glad you had a wonderfull time

Next time do the mainland , then you can drop in here in Belgium , you can visit the abarth works museum and in a radius of 2000 km you'l have amsterdam , paris , barcelona , cannes etc

Agreed on visiting the mainland. . . although it used to be much cheaper in comparison. Do you have any pics of the other cars? I saw so many Fiats last time I was in Italy and loved it! I even found a Lotus dealership on the southside of Milan in the Naviglia district (Elise owner as well). Great times!

Tappy where are you in Belgium? I was just in Brussels and Bruges in the spring. My fiance lives in Western Germany (State is Rhineland Pfalz) so she is probably within the 2000 km as well! I will be there in 3.5 weeks and then we are taking a trip to Sardinia. . . gotta love Ryanair!

[stefhahn]

@SanAnEliseMan -
if you want to pass by - I live in Stuttgart, Western Germany - many nice cars around... many nice breweries around ....not too far from Rheinland-Pfalz - just drop me a line - and I'll be back from my summer vacation by then - could be fun!

[Nick]

Here are 4 other pics of cars I saw. I couldn't get any Caterhams or TVRs unfortunately, because we saw those on the highway going the opposite direction, much too fast for me to get any pictures of.

This one is a Lambo that parked right outside our hotel. It was really cool, many people walked right up to it to take pictures and stare hehe.




This one is a Bently parked outside the front of some shops in Edinburg.




Here's a Ferrari... I saw an Enzo too but didn't have my camera.




And last but not least, a Lotus driving by our bus:




There was also a Ford GT that drove by our bus, but it was too fast to get a picture. Plus my neighbour has one so I've seen them before hehe.

[SanAnEliseMan]

@SanAnEliseMan -
if you want to pass by - I live in Stuttgart, Western Germany - many nice cars around... many nice breweries around ....not too far from Rheinland-Pfalz - just drop me a line - and I'll be back from my summer vacation by then - could be fun!

Stefhahn-

That could be a great idea. . . I do want to check out the mercedes museum. . . is the porsche museum finished yet?? Next year when I move to Germany we will have to get together and go on some drives! Are there many fiat owners around?

[stefhahn]

Fiat owners? Thousands actually... but Spider owners get rare those days... just give me a shout when you're around!

[Spiddy]

Well, I'm going on a trip again with my family in less than two weeks. Its a Mediterranean cruise, we'll visit Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy. .

Nick, you'll be right on my doorstep!! Are you calling in to Malaga?

[Nick]

Well, I'm going on a trip again with my family in less than two weeks. Its a Mediterranean cruise, we'll visit Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy. .

Nick, you'll be right on my doorstep!! Are you calling in to Malaga?

Actually yes, we are going there. That'll be the 3rd day or so of our trip!

[Spiddy]

You'll only be in port for the day, so what's your itinery? I don't want to interfere with your plans but if it's a day we are free, we could meet you and the parents at one of your stops, and grab a drink and tapas. Or if you all want a day away from sight seeing, you'd be most welcome to spend it by our pool We would enjoy meeting you.

[Nick]

Hehe, its too bad, I left right after I posted that pretty much. We were in Malaga for just a day, it was really hot. We didn't do much, we went and saw the castle, and then kinda got lost and just walked around aimlessly.