ante_st
19-07-2009, 01:14
Its been a while I posted here but I thought you guys could enjoy this little adventure we had .
Last August me and my good friend Yıldıray (YLDRY) decided to take on the ultimate road trip. It was a long time dream for both of us to visit the Holy Place and while we're at it, we also sight seed many other cool spots including Stuttgart, Munich,Milan,Venice and Trieste and etc..
We had an incredible time and we enjoyed every minute/km of it ! It was so much fun that we plan to do the same trips this month too.
Our feelings can't be described so, I'll let the pics do the talkin'
For further details and pictures you can check out the original thread at, automanempire.net
Enjoy,
First of we loaded our cars to U.N Ro-Ro Transport Vessile to take them to Trieste, Italy. Our cars left 3 days earlier than we did.
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/3020/img00701oi4.jpg
and 3 days later, we flew to Lyubliyana, Slovenia. As this was the closest airport to Trieste. ( I am the one on the left )
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/1648/sany0006py1.jpg
heading to Trieste thorugh mountains of Lyubliyana. Slovenia is indeed a beautiful country.
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3600/sany0009nr6.jpg
Just when we reached Trieste, our vessel was seen coming...
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5444/sany0015dc3.jpg
Few minutes later, we were able to unload our cars... So far so good !
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/9427/dsc00643w.jpg
And we're off !
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6224/sany0017jb9.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8888/sany0022bi1.jpg
Italian Alps were simply magnificent !!!
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4404/img00712vi3.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3214/sany0031uu7.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/2715/sany0036cs1.jpg
Italian roads were silky smooth. It was a joy do drive on those highways.
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9390/sany0038dh9.jpg
Just after we crossed Austrian border we took a stop and also bought our road tax sticker.
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5033/sany0047yx5.jpg
Thanks to my trusted nav system "Melahat" , we were on the right track for now...
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8020/sany0048mj6.jpg
Austrian scenery was just as impressive,
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7571/sany0054kd1.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9692/sany0066oh6.jpg
Then after an hour or so, we entered Germany !!!
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4551/sany0072yu6.jpg
We didn't take a break for some time to be there by the night to have a proper sleep before our busy track day in the morning...
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4513/sany0078dw3.jpg
As night set in, we finally stopped around Stuttgart to cool down a bit.
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9066/sany0080mr2.jpg
Last 200km were tough. We were sooo tired that I couldn't even take a proper picture !
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6011/sany0082rs9.jpg
finally we arrived at our hotel, "Hotel an der nordschleife" which is right next to the track and we both passed out immediately...
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/16/sany0088lj4.jpg
The next day we started early, our room was very spacious and clean, we really liked it and the coolest thing is it is just a few meter to the track.
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5858/sany0001sj9.jpg
Checking if our cars are still there,
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3814/sany0003ad9.jpg
and they are, with quite the crowd !
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8730/sany0005lh8.jpg
part of the track can be seen slightly through the fog...
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4827/sany0006tm7.jpg
Our nice little breakfast room..
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/2276/img00733ph5.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7314/img00734nd7.jpg
Went through some final checks and we're ready,
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/2885/sany0010rx2.jpg
here we are, the car park was full so we parked outside and walked to the track but what a crowd...
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6842/sany0017cs1.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/730/sany0018lb9.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7641/sany0020gk7.jpg
Just then Yıldıray found us a spot to park in the car park."Car Park" is where you want to be as this is the place most people meet and talk about the track and cars and everything. A great crowd full of knowledge and experience.
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/3618/sany0028wv0.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/1816/sany0026ig1.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7553/sany0027lf7.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1059/sany0029lx9.jpg
then some supercar loyalty started to show up one by one.. Incredible colloection of cars.. Simply mindblowind ! The best part is that they are not those shiny garage queen we got so used to seing. these cars are driven, PROPERLY !
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4619/sany0033jj5.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6578/sany0034sw8.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/632/sany0021uz2.jpg
then we met up with my friends from s14power.com, Ollie and others and had a little chat about what to look for in before we set out for our first laps... (I look like a hobbit but I'm not I promise . )
http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz219/TheSultan/DSC00710.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8397/sany0036ae0.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9386/sany0038vq1.jpg
]and after the briefing we were sooo excited to hit the track, the one and only NUERBURGRING !!! and we did !
The infamous Carussel Turn...
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8839/normalimg0338st4.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4610/img00721gb1.jpg
after a few laps (6 or 8) we called it a day and got back in the car park to cool down a little.
After the track fun, our friends from s14.power.com and us went to a very famous restaurant in Nurburg called "Pistenklause". It turns out that this place is almost as famous as the track. Every known race driver has autographed picture on this place's walls and the food was great too.
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6106/sany0039msv1.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1796/sany0041wt2.jpg
after this delicious dinner, we went to bed for our second track day at the ring !
Again, as soon as we got up, we headed for the track ! As this was Sunday, the crowd wa seven crazier !!!
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7346/sany0019tr8.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8338/sany0008at5.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5199/sany0004aw0.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1359/sany0007nz9.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9312/sany0021ur7.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4546/sany0022qt6.jpg
After a few laps, when we got back to the car park we accidentally met some Turkish guys whom wanted to take us to the city center for lunch. We were lucky as that day turned out to be a small festival day at Adenau...
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9281/sany0025aj6.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7829/sany0024fz0.jpg
We also wrote our names on the lap board og this 'ring store as a little memory,
http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz219/TheSultan/DSC00717.jpg
http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz219/TheSultan/DSC00716.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8486/img00719ar6.jpg
After the lunch we went back to track for our last laps..
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5569/img00717as7.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8004/img00718em3.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4610/img00721gb1.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/2462/img00724xz2.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/3786/img00732os8.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/363/sany0001uk6.jpg
http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz219/TheSultan/DSC00727.jpg
http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz219/TheSultan/DSC00726.jpg
After this very grueling day we ended our 'ring fun !
http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz219/TheSultan/DSC00719.jpg
Last August me and my good friend Yıldıray (YLDRY) decided to take on the ultimate road trip. It was a long time dream for both of us to visit the Holy Place and while we're at it, we also sight seed many other cool spots including Stuttgart, Munich,Milan,Venice and Trieste and etc..
We had an incredible time and we enjoyed every minute/km of it ! It was so much fun that we plan to do the same trips this month too.
Our feelings can't be described so, I'll let the pics do the talkin'
For further details and pictures you can check out the original thread at, automanempire.net
Enjoy,
First of we loaded our cars to U.N Ro-Ro Transport Vessile to take them to Trieste, Italy. Our cars left 3 days earlier than we did.
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/3020/img00701oi4.jpg
and 3 days later, we flew to Lyubliyana, Slovenia. As this was the closest airport to Trieste. ( I am the one on the left )
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/1648/sany0006py1.jpg
heading to Trieste thorugh mountains of Lyubliyana. Slovenia is indeed a beautiful country.
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3600/sany0009nr6.jpg
Just when we reached Trieste, our vessel was seen coming...
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5444/sany0015dc3.jpg
Few minutes later, we were able to unload our cars... So far so good !
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/9427/dsc00643w.jpg
And we're off !
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6224/sany0017jb9.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8888/sany0022bi1.jpg
Italian Alps were simply magnificent !!!
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4404/img00712vi3.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3214/sany0031uu7.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/2715/sany0036cs1.jpg
Italian roads were silky smooth. It was a joy do drive on those highways.
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9390/sany0038dh9.jpg
Just after we crossed Austrian border we took a stop and also bought our road tax sticker.
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5033/sany0047yx5.jpg
Thanks to my trusted nav system "Melahat" , we were on the right track for now...
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8020/sany0048mj6.jpg
Austrian scenery was just as impressive,
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7571/sany0054kd1.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9692/sany0066oh6.jpg
Then after an hour or so, we entered Germany !!!
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4551/sany0072yu6.jpg
We didn't take a break for some time to be there by the night to have a proper sleep before our busy track day in the morning...
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4513/sany0078dw3.jpg
As night set in, we finally stopped around Stuttgart to cool down a bit.
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9066/sany0080mr2.jpg
Last 200km were tough. We were sooo tired that I couldn't even take a proper picture !
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6011/sany0082rs9.jpg
finally we arrived at our hotel, "Hotel an der nordschleife" which is right next to the track and we both passed out immediately...
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/16/sany0088lj4.jpg
The next day we started early, our room was very spacious and clean, we really liked it and the coolest thing is it is just a few meter to the track.
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5858/sany0001sj9.jpg
Checking if our cars are still there,
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/3814/sany0003ad9.jpg
and they are, with quite the crowd !
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8730/sany0005lh8.jpg
part of the track can be seen slightly through the fog...
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4827/sany0006tm7.jpg
Our nice little breakfast room..
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/2276/img00733ph5.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7314/img00734nd7.jpg
Went through some final checks and we're ready,
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/2885/sany0010rx2.jpg
here we are, the car park was full so we parked outside and walked to the track but what a crowd...
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6842/sany0017cs1.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/730/sany0018lb9.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7641/sany0020gk7.jpg
Just then Yıldıray found us a spot to park in the car park."Car Park" is where you want to be as this is the place most people meet and talk about the track and cars and everything. A great crowd full of knowledge and experience.
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/3618/sany0028wv0.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/1816/sany0026ig1.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7553/sany0027lf7.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1059/sany0029lx9.jpg
then some supercar loyalty started to show up one by one.. Incredible colloection of cars.. Simply mindblowind ! The best part is that they are not those shiny garage queen we got so used to seing. these cars are driven, PROPERLY !
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4619/sany0033jj5.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6578/sany0034sw8.jpg
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/632/sany0021uz2.jpg
then we met up with my friends from s14power.com, Ollie and others and had a little chat about what to look for in before we set out for our first laps... (I look like a hobbit but I'm not I promise . )
http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz219/TheSultan/DSC00710.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8397/sany0036ae0.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9386/sany0038vq1.jpg
]and after the briefing we were sooo excited to hit the track, the one and only NUERBURGRING !!! and we did !
The infamous Carussel Turn...
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8839/normalimg0338st4.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4610/img00721gb1.jpg
after a few laps (6 or 8) we called it a day and got back in the car park to cool down a little.
After the track fun, our friends from s14.power.com and us went to a very famous restaurant in Nurburg called "Pistenklause". It turns out that this place is almost as famous as the track. Every known race driver has autographed picture on this place's walls and the food was great too.
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6106/sany0039msv1.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1796/sany0041wt2.jpg
after this delicious dinner, we went to bed for our second track day at the ring !
Again, as soon as we got up, we headed for the track ! As this was Sunday, the crowd wa seven crazier !!!
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7346/sany0019tr8.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8338/sany0008at5.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5199/sany0004aw0.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1359/sany0007nz9.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9312/sany0021ur7.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4546/sany0022qt6.jpg
After a few laps, when we got back to the car park we accidentally met some Turkish guys whom wanted to take us to the city center for lunch. We were lucky as that day turned out to be a small festival day at Adenau...
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/9281/sany0025aj6.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/7829/sany0024fz0.jpg
We also wrote our names on the lap board og this 'ring store as a little memory,
http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz219/TheSultan/DSC00717.jpg
http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz219/TheSultan/DSC00716.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8486/img00719ar6.jpg
After the lunch we went back to track for our last laps..
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5569/img00717as7.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8004/img00718em3.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4610/img00721gb1.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/2462/img00724xz2.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/3786/img00732os8.jpg
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/363/sany0001uk6.jpg
http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz219/TheSultan/DSC00727.jpg
http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz219/TheSultan/DSC00726.jpg
After this very grueling day we ended our 'ring fun !
http://i829.photobucket.com/albums/zz219/TheSultan/DSC00719.jpg