EuroSunday Meet 2/19/2012
by filip on February 21, 2012
Good turn out for todays EuroSunday meet in Blackhawk. Saw my first 991 Porsche since they were just released, and someone brought a F30 3-series that’s not quite hit these shores yet.
First road trip in the S4 Avant
by filip on November 2, 2011
I’ve always wanted an Audi Avant, but with a manual transmission, ohhh and a V8 doesn’t hurt either.
We got away last weekend to the high sierras for our first road trip in the car. Hit up some great hikes, killer views and awesome driving roads.
Sagrada Familia
by filip on June 14, 2011
I usually hate getting dragged to see old churches but Sagrada Familia was something else, truly a structural marvel. I’m not sure anything in the world comes close to this in terms of architecture. The outside is nice enough but the inside was mind-boggling.
Location:Carrer del Cid,Barcelona,Spain
Barcelona day one
by filip on June 13, 2011
Today’s mission was to visit Sagrada Familia and get the touristy things out of the way. Some pics from a few sights on the way.
Location:Rue de Cluny,Paris,France
First evening in Barcelona
by filip on June 13, 2011
We arrived at our hotel named chic&basic in La Ramblas which lived up to it’s name quite nicely. It’s crazy how late the sun stays up in Europe, even in Barcelona. We walked the hood and had a typical Barcelona night, dinner at 10:30 then we sat in a plaça and people watched. It felt like midnight but we went to bed at 2am.
Location:Carrer del Cid,Barcelona,Spain
The 118d
by filip on June 13, 2011
After driving some 1600 km (994 miles) in our little bimmer I felt it deserved a mention on this blog because it made a great travel car. I remember when we first picked it up and I couldn’t believe how bad the electronic steering was, something car critics mention about all the latest gen BMWs. But overall the handling was solid, it tackled the Pyrenees with great enthusiasm and I really enjoyed driving it. I was afraid it would feel hopelessly slow, but the large torque that turbo diesel engines provide always gave it enough grunt to pull out of hairpin turns. It felt decently quick, it only felt lacking going 140kph up a hill in 6th where it ran out of steam. The hatch fit our two suitcases perfectly and I love that Europeans still drive manuals.
Guggenheim
by filip on June 12, 2011
We were dropping off our rental car in Bilbao which is home to the famous Guggenheim museum. Unfortunately we had a flight to catch so we didn’t have time to go in but just seeing the outside was worth the trip.
Last of the French countryside
by filip on June 12, 2011
Just a couple pics as we left Gascony. The last pic is in Bayonne which is in the Pays Basque region.
Armagnac tasting in Gascony pt. 2
by filip on June 11, 2011
Today was our first full day in Gascony and we visited two small Armagnac producers. Both are family run operations, they grow their own grapes and distill right there on their property every December. Their equipment has been passed on from generation to generation and one of the stills has been making Armagnac for over a hundred years. The oldest Armagnac we tasted was from 1969, but the one we loved (and bought) was an ’83. We then toured the Gascogne countryside and visited some small villages that have buildings dating back to medieval times.
Location:Rue Joseph Cappin,Cazaubon,France
