Monaco Grand Prix 2012

[GregWeld]

We're in Firenze now.... and had dinner here tonight. Bring the cost of a 6 speed for the 9 courses and if you add 4 different wines (drink as much as you like) - toss in a complete clutch and bell housing...



http://www.enotecapinchiorri.com/

[Bucketlist2012]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

We're in Firenze now.... and had dinner here tonight. Bring the cost of a 6 speed for the 9 courses and if you add 4 different wines (drink as much as you like) - toss in a complete clutch and bell housing...



http://www.enotecapinchiorri.com/

Enjoy yourself Greg.

I stayed at the Grand Hotel in Florence once, what a beautiful City and Hotel..

Have a great time.

I am off to the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite tomorrow for a few days..

My Bucket list is a little smaller, haha..

Mike

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

You guys that understand construction might love this! This is in a very small village and if you note the "cornerstone" for the base - then the brick detail for the doors and windows -- but the "BODY" is just filled in with junk and rocks... Loved it!

That style of construction looks eerily familiar for some reason.

[GregWeld]

Ahhhhhhhhhh...... a bit of old Mexico yes?

[RECOVERY ROOM]

I have always liked how they take the old buildings and modernize on the insides with out messing up the outside,..... Around here they would just tear it down and call it progress, The Euro way of doing things just looks cool to me. On another note, Got a lot more respect for F1 drivers after seeing that cutaway.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by RECOVERY ROOM

I have always liked how they take the old buildings and modernize on the insides with out messing up the outside,..... Around here they would just tear it down and call it progress, The Euro way of doing things just looks cool to me. On another note, Got a lot more respect for F1 drivers after seeing that cutaway.

If you watched how fast they are going thru those small streets! OMG! Amazing!


So we're at the Four Seasons here in Firenze... and the one we are at is an Noble estate and a Convent... with fabulous gardens between (almost a park actually). They have absolutely kept the feel and look of the old even in the inside with the elegance etc -- but of course all the "workings" are brand new.


They would NEVER do this in the U.S.!




The lobby/bar area!








The entrance at the Convent building where we are.










Your "park" (walled) between the two buildings...

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Ahhhhhhhhhh...... a bit of old Mexico yes?

Dead on sir. The Europeans brought their construction techniques to the continent via the Spanish I'd say.

[GregWeld]

Off to Modena (pronounced Mo de na) today.... and you know what that means?


Will post up photos tonight if I have time. Flight at O'Dark Thirty tomorrow AM. UGH!

[Musclerodz]

Thank you for taking us on vacation with you.

[Rybar]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Off to Modena (pronounced Mo de na) today.... and you know what that means?

Greg, you should visit the Lamborghini and Pagani factories in Modena and the Ferrari factory (which is a whole town pretty much) of Maranello which is bout 15 minutes south of Modena. Pretty cool site to see although you cannot go into the Ferrari factory but there is a museum and the whole town eats, breathes and sleeps those cars. Might even see some cars on the Fiorano track.