| Friday morning, 8:30AM, departure from my house
to go to Obernai (after a agitated night as much I was impatient to be).
A "little drive" of 580 Km.
No, it's not me on the picture but Clementine, my daughter, 2 1/2 years old, already enthusiastic about Excalibur cars. |
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| Long trip via Etampes, Fontainebleau, Troyes, Vittel, Epinal, Saint-Dié |
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To finally arrive in the Vosges and start searching the group. |
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| Finally I found them. What a vision !!! 12 Excalibur aligned the one beside the other, and all in "Swiss" condition, I mean, in mint condition or showroom condition !!! |
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| After the introduction to the group around a table and a merited drink (6 hours of driving an Excalibur with the sun, I was thirsty), the group and I continued the trip in the direction of our hotel ("Le Parc") at Obernai for a merited dive in one of its two swimming pools. |
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| Arrival at the parking of the hotel and it was now time to admire those beautiful cars that I let you admire too. |
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The evening, dinner with Alsatian wine tasting in a restaurant at Obernai. Then, a merited sleep. The next morning, breakfast at 9:30AM and departure at 10:00AM for a new day of trip. Try to imagine the expression of the people who saw, not only one, not only two, not only three but nothing less than 13 Excaliburs in a single file. It was incredible. Stop near the castle of Koenigsbourg and arrival of three new excaliburs, so beautiful than the others. |
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| Lunch break !!!
And the incredible happened. Two mythical mark at the same place. Yes, a group of sixteen Ferraris came for lunch where we were lunching. That attracted lot of people stopping to see all cars. But it was already time to go. Isn't it, M. president ? |
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| Saturday night: "Dîner de GALA".
Meal and wines were succulent (Ah, "La France", what a great country!).
Here is the menu. |
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| After a repairing night, it's already the time to
go back to home. 7:30AM, everybody is still slipping, like the cars and for some with their cover ! |
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| A last sadden glance on that superb cars and I'm already on the road to go home |
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| 6 hours after, I'm back after a trip of more than
1500Km without any problem. Who will say now that an Excalibur is not
reliable ? The driver is nobody else than my soon Dimitri (7 years old), also enthusiastic about cars and motorbikes. Beside him, his delightful passenger, his sister Clémentine. |
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