James Visit & Monza F1

Hi Blog Fans,

Last week James headed over to visit Estelle, Samuel and I. After arriving he head straight out to the new Irish pub in Basel as Scotland were playing at 18:30. All the boys had gathered so we proceeded to watch a great performance by the Scots with a 2-1 away victory. Lots of bevy was consumed which included, Beer, Gin, Whisky, Cocktails (wish I could remember them), Dr Pepper, Champagne and Brandy. We arrived home at 3am of course only to wake Estelle, Sorry my Love.

On The Thursday I had to collect my car from the Garage in Mulhouse so James and I had a mini-adventure getting there and back. James loves public transport. Of course we wouldn't of need to take public transport with James wasn't too gay to drive on the right. One day he'll learn.

Friday was when we eventually headed to Milan, it was a quick journey thanks to Der Schlegel, we arrive at 8pm and of course headed straight out and since it was James' birthday I had made a booking at the Absolute Vodka Ice Bar. After stopping at a Scottish pub to try and get directions we decided to get a Taxi, which was a great decision as it was about 3km away. Once we arrived we handed our Cash over and got covered in some rather fetching ponchos. Everything in the bar was made from Ice, even the glasses. All they sold was Vodka therefore we had a couple at the premium price of 10€.

The following morning we got up and headed towards Monza after the Underground, Train, Bus and walking we eventually arrived 2 hours later. What a journey for only 10mins in the car as we discovered the next day. On arrival James rushed to get kitted out in Red Bull gear and Frank pondered whether to buy anything or not. It was 20mins before the first practice session on the day so we rushed off to find our seats at the parabolic corner, the last corner. To our delight the seats we had were great right at the top of the Grandstand with a great view of the track and huge TV screen.

When that first F1 car went by Frank almost broke a smile, it is a strange feeling when they go by whatever it is I like it. The session passed with all of us just transfixed to the screen and track. After that we went for a wonder around the track and took in some of the local entertainment. We grabbed some food and a nice bottle of Vino for the Qualifying. It was quite exciting and David Coulthard managed to finish his normal 15th, pretty poor. It wasn't going to be a good weekend for the Red Bull team. After the GP2 race and some spectacular crashes right in front of us he headed back to the hotel. We decided to go for a nice Italian meal, Frank eventually found somewhere that was acceptable for him and we all dinned Italian style except James who had Sausage and Chips.

The following morning we were up at 6am as Frank (we) decided to drive to the circuit. It was only 10min away and after a quick bus journey from the parking we were there. We watched another GP2 race and managed to get glimpse of Alonso and Max Mosley who arrive in a Helicopter in front of us.

The big event was the race which in my opinion would of been okay to watch at home but great to be there. DC was pants during the entire race but James and I swigged our beer and wine and enjoyed every minute of it. MS won in the end after getting some help from the Stewards.

At the end of the race we ventured onto the circuit and walked round to the pit straight, Frank was really happy about this. We even managed to get some free beer just for James having a kilt on, in this world if you don't ask you don't get.

Overall an excellent weekend enjoy by all, roll on the next F1 weekend!!

Click here for a link to more pictures of Monza Weekend.

Catch ye later.

Del Boy

Malaga - With the Boys

Hi all,
Last weekend was the yearly Jolly Boys outing. Bob, James, Thomas, Piggy, Stewart, Franko, Kevin, Hammy and Liam (I think he was there) all headed down to the Costa Del Sol to take in some of the local culture. We managed to do not too bad actually, on the Thursday when we arrived eventually via Granada airport due to operational reasons. It was a long day with lots of beer drunk....
Some handled it better than others and some just didn't seem to be there.

The Saturday was a Boys trip to Malaga to check out this beautiful city, Liam decided to stay and make some new friends by the pool. We had a great day and enjoyed some Tapas which was superb. In the evening we headed by to Torremolinos and ended up at a Karaoke bar, of course I had get up and get the crowd going. There was also a guest appearance of the "backing gropper". After 2am we thought it was time to "Stand Down" Thomas told Hammy and he wasn't too happy about this for some strange reason.

On the Saturday we all headed off to Aqualand Liam brought a couple of his new friends with him (nice of him to ask) but we all still had a good time anyway. Moment of the day was when Bob backed down from the boomerang, what a laugh that was as he walked the walk of shame!!! Well done Bob you're a Star!! "bug bugg bugg"
Saturday night was very low key, once again the boys went for a nice meal and Liam went with his new friends to the hotel.
That night I tried to get a Bloody Mary with all the ingredients, this proved to be bloody impossible. All was quiet and we headed to bed at a reasonable time. The following day all the Basel boys headed back early after saying our goodbye's.
It was a great weekend and was nice to get everyone together for the weekend. Things had a rough start as normal but after that everything was very smooth. Hopefully next time Liam can join us as he just didn't seem to be there and I hardly said a word to him after he decided to part from the boys weekend.

Can't wait until next year's event, minus a couple of faces. Next stop for me next is Monza!!!!! VVVVVVVVVRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM.


Click here for a link to more pictures of the Jolly Boys Outing.

Catch ye later.

Del Boy

A Visit To The Island and Islands....

Hi Sports Fans,

Estelle and I have just returned from our trip to England and bonnie Scotland. In total we managed to drive 4800km, with only one small accident.

We visited many different places starting with Harold in England where we stayed with our Swiss friend Manfred, after that we had a couple of days with Suzy and Piggy and he introduced us to the new love of his life.

We had a good couple of days with them and they got an insight as to what life is like with a baby, VERY different. Of course the men still managed a couple of beers at the "Local" pub a few fields away.

Next we headed up to Stirling so Estelle could try and understand where the healthy rivalry between the Scots and English really comes from. We visited the Wallace Monument, Stirling Castle, Bannockburn and the Dunblane Hydro for a spot of Lunch. I'd been to these places a few times in the past but you always learn a wee bit more every time you go. We happened to bump into Robert the Bruce himself when we arrived at Bannockburn, such luck eh!
After that we headed up the road to Fort Willam minus one wing mirror, the car was a bit heavy so we needed to shed a few pounds. Glencoe will always have a special place in Estelle's Heart. In Fort Willy we met up with my wee cousin Kevin and we partook in a few beers and some tourist shopping.
We moved onto the Isle of Skye which was very spectacular, the scenery is amazing and I would recommend everyone who hasn't been to pay it a visit. It's the first time I'd been there and it was beautiful, Estelle loved Skye more than the battle sites, funnily enough. We met up with Suzy and Piggy in Uig so we could take the ferry over to the happening Isle of Harris the following morning at 5:30am, Sam loved us waking him up at that time.

Harris is a very nice Island if you like Rain, Wind, Sheep, Wind and Rain. Estelle for some reason loved it, I'd been a couple of times before to the Isle of Lewis so I knew what to expect. Suzy's parents made us feel very welcome along with her hen's, sheep, cock, cat's and dogs. A big thanks to them, it was a relaxing time for us. We saw some beautiful beaches, if it wasn't for the Wind, Rain, Sheep, Wind and Rain these beaches would be full of tourists.

We then headed back south towards Glasgow so we could see our Scottish friends and Sam could meet his Grand parents. We were pleasantly surprised that after me driving for nearly 7 hours we had a house full of guests waiting for us, it was nice to see everyone and the night passed all too quickly with me not being able to speak as much as I wanted to certain people. It always seems to work out that way, hopefully this will be better next weekend at MALAGA!!!

The journey homewards was uneventful and long, we stopped at Swiss Pisses again and another stop over in the capital of Champagne. Once we go home we were both very happy to be back. It was a stressful holiday, one that will not be repeated, next time we go somewhere we are staying put in the same place for at least 1 week. It was good to see everyone, but I always enjoy seeing them over here better as I get to spend more Quality time with them.

A big thanks to Manfred, Piggy, Suzy, Suzy's Parents and James for putting up with us and a Baby for a few days, sorry for all the stupid requests but that's the kind of things we have to do on a daily basis.

Click here for a link to more pictures of the holidays.

Bye for now.

Del