So, I’m sitting at home last Thursday and I see friends I met on a BMW Ice Experience in Sweden are in Monaco for the GP. Mother-son team, Dawn and Keane, are major car folk who own a driving school in Dallas, Texas (Skills Driving -
www.skillsdriving.com - worthwhile stuff and a shameless plug) and do all sorts of cool trips. I said gee, thanks for the invite. They said free lodging if you get your @$$ here. I waffled for a little bit. Dawn calls me a p***y. I said that's a dare, done! I’ll be on a plane tomorrow afternoon!
About $5k later on flights and tickets and I'm in cattle class Friday afternoon to Nice via Frankfurt. Plan was to arrive in Nice at 1:20 Saturday afternoon, train at 2:12 PM to Monte Carlo station arriving 2:41 PM, bag drop and then pick up tickets and qualifying starts at 4! Nuts! Beyond Nuts!
A few summary shots below.
