Biggest of thanks must go to Nicolas, Ellen and the rest of the team who worked so hard to put together a great show for Saabists everywhere.
This was the first time that I had taken part in the whole event which included the “Pre-Tours”. It was a great idea to have three tours taking place all at the same time and the start depended on where you joined the country. For Azzy and me it was in the west and we met up with Saab enthusiasts that we knew and many other we were going to get to know, just outside Nicolas and Ellens own town.
Tuesday night started by putting up our tent up in the garden then getting ready to go for a meal and bowling. A truly brilliant night followed where we had to cook our own dinner on a hot plate before trying two games of 10 pin bowling.
Wednesday saw a drive to the
Mahymobiles Car Museum in Leuze-en-Hainaut
then dinner at
Trolls and Bush, where we had to do a
bit of beer tasting too.
Thursday saw us drive in convoy to The Atomium in Brussels where we met up with the other two tours and then after a bite to eat a drive to The AutoWorld Museum which is part of the Mahy family’s collection of over 1000 cars. Thursday also saw us meeting up with Martin Lyons at The Atomium.
At 3.30 another convoy was arranged and off to Spa Francorchamps for a drive around the famous racing circuit. Waiting for us were the other members of SWS as well as members from GWS. There were a lot of excited faces as they prepared to race around this famous circuit.
Friday saw some of us heading for the chocolate factory called “Jacques” in Eupen. another place to visit was Nessonvaux which sadly I missed.
On Saturday there was anouther tour
organised which took in the “Musée du
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps which is
located at
The Abbaye de Stavelot.
Back in Spa the Saab party had started and
over the next two days lots of chat took
place around the centre of Spa,
Nicolas and Ellen are going to write a full report which will include the results of the beauty contest but in the mean time please feel free to take a look at a few pictures that Azzy and I took over the week.
Most IntSaab2012 related Saab photos are here but I have also added a few to the highlighted words above relating to the events we visited.
