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10-09-2012, 01:17 AM
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Glendog's Euro Road Trip 2012
Hi all,
Having been home for a week i have finally gotten round to sorting my photos from my summer drive to the Continent with the missus. We took in a total of 8 countries with overnight stops in the following places: Brugge, Belgium Nürburg, Germany Lucerne, Switzerland Vaduz, Liechtenstein Tarrenz, Austria Munich, Germany (2 nights) Cologne, Germany Dazza's, England! Departing Cornwall on a typically wet and shitty bank holiday Friday we missed our Eurotunnel crossing by over 3 hours due to bad traffic but managed to get to Brugge before midnight at least! After the sightseeing of Brugge, it was on to the more familiar setting of the Ring where the weather was in the main rather wet! Thankfully it dried for a couple of hours early on the Saturday morning allowing some decent laps - my first in almost 18 months and first with Michelin Super Sports tyres! I noticed that the Ring Taxi has now switched back to the M5 with the arrival of the F10 model. Jochen was on hand as always to capture some quality shots!  Wehrseifen   A 'lightened' CSL parked outside the Hotel Am Tiergarten  The obligatory BMW Test Centre photo...  After the Ring we headed south towards Switzerland and the Alps. The Alps are simply stunning and a place where the CSL is simply sublime to drive, particularly on the many switch-back roads and mountain passes. We were also exceptionally lucky to have clear blue skies the whole time we were there! We drove the following passes amongst others: Susten Pass Grimsel Pass Furka Pass Saint Gothard Pass Oberalp Pass Stelvio Pass Susten Pass  Grimsel Pass - looking ahead to Furka Pass  Looking back at the Grimsel Pass   Stelvio Pass     After the scenery of the Alps it was time to begin heading north once more and back into Germany; via the BMW HQ in Munich of course! The museum and 'Welt' were brilliant and well worth a visit if you ever get the chance. My girlfriend Helen even enjoyed it and the city itself is well worth exploring. BMW Museum  BMW Welt     Shame they used one of the slower black versions to display...   Batmobile!  Classic!  Awesome!  Finally, after some horrific German traffic jams and an all too brief overnight stop in Cologne, it was on to the Eurotunnel and our return to England via Dazza's place in Berkshire where i also met up with Bealo just before he returned to his ladyboys in Thailand! We eventually arrived home in Cornwall on the Sunday some 9 days after setting off and the CSL having covered almost 2750 miles - without missing a beat. Now to start planning the next jaunt to Europe...
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10-09-2012, 02:59 AM
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Great pics, and that looks like a serious road-trip!
Next year it'll be 60+ CSLs doing a similar journey hopefully  
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10-09-2012, 08:55 AM
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Good wright up Rob,looks an awesome trip
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10-09-2012, 09:25 AM
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That looks Epic rob, I've choking to do something like this and the CSL trip next year should hopefully tick that box for me and the Mrs. I'm just PRAYING that it will not fall in the middle of one of my offshore trips...
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10-09-2012, 09:28 AM
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Well Jel...
Looks ace mate
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10-09-2012, 09:48 AM
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Great write up and what routes and pictures
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10-09-2012, 09:56 AM
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That looks like a superb road trip
 How was the Stelvio Pass? I've heard mixed reports about this one.
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10-09-2012, 06:15 PM
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Glad U had a great EURO trip mate
Swiss Mountain Passes are EPIC in the CSL
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10-09-2012, 06:53 PM
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Nice pins mate....and the bird looks bang tidy too.
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10-09-2012, 06:58 PM
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nice one Rob, looks like you had fun
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