Yesterday we had a visit to the Auto World Museum in Brussels, said to be one of the largest in Europe. There were some fantastic exhibits there which really needed more time than we had to appreciate them. We got away at around 11.00am and headed for the Nurburg Ring, getting through the centre of Brussels was a nightmare, the poor Tom Tom navigator had a “breakdown”, the traffic was mad but we eventually got on the right road for the Nurburg Ring and arrived in time to take a lap round. What an experience that was, there were some very “Tasty” motors leaving us standing but an experience not to be missed.
That evening was spent in the hotel restaurant where we met up with another Italian Job team who were on their way to Venice in their BMW Grand Prix Mini, Chris & Jax, Team 41, second time jobbers who got married on the “Job” last year (very dedicated jobbers).
We had a great evening, they have a mascot “Quack Quack” a plastic duck who is so well travelled you wouldn’t believe it. Unfortunately Quack Quack got kidnapped, but Chris & Jax were soon on the trail and made a successful rescue attempt from Carl & Angie Team 18.
An early start Tuesday morning put us on our way to Innsbruck, this was one of our longest legs on the way down to Venice, the cars behaved brilliantly, apart from a sticking accelerator on Team 18 Carl & Angie’s car, which was eased with good old WD40, we had a few stops on the way, one celebrating our 1000th road mile since leaving the Isle of Man. The whole journey today, some 480miles, was done in about 9 hours. Some spectacular scenery was enjoyed coming over the mountains to Innsbruck, lots of snow, and Christmas card-like scenes. More photos have been uploaded www.italianjob.info/gallery.
Tomorrow we make our way to Balzano which will be a short leg, will update again soon.
Ian & Mike
