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Mark Pautz (Malfark)
Member
Username: Malfark
Post Number: 382
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, September 07, 2003 - 12:50 pm: | |
Jay,
If you're close to Prague in the Czech Republic at any stage of your trip, give me a shout!
Cheers, MARK |
Jay P. Ross (Eilig)
Junior Member
Username: Eilig
Post Number: 249
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 05, 2003 - 11:19 am: | |
Had to revise my trip due to a back injury. I will now be there September 18 through October 7. Any activities planned in Bavaria or Switzerland during this period? |
Ermin Trevisan (Trevi)
Junior Member
Username: Trevi
Post Number: 95
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 9:31 am: | |
jay,
we will meet in landquart near chur and heading for julier, maloja to italy (lecco) for lunch. so we will meet in the morning, but there is no exact time schedule yet.
trevi |
Jay P. Ross (Eilig)
Junior Member
Username: Eilig
Post Number: 239
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 9:25 am: | |
Hi Trevi -- Thanks for keeping me posted. What time of day, and where, will this FFOS meeting be?
I am still in process of pulling together my itinerary. I just scheduled a meeting with Eric Traber to see some of his Ferraris, and so that has changed my original plan somewhat.
This will be my sixth year driving through these areas, so I've come to know them quite well. My first three years in Porsches, and my last few in Feraris. Yes I will stay at the Anfi Palace... beautiful place. This will be my sixth year of climbing the Schilthorn, and I enjoy it more and more each year!
Thanks and talk soon,
-Jay |
Ermin Trevisan (Trevi)
Junior Member
Username: Trevi
Post Number: 88
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 8:25 am: | |
jay,
our FFOS gathering has been postponed to sept. 20
trevi |
Ermin Trevisan (Trevi)
Junior Member
Username: Trevi
Post Number: 62
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 4:40 am: | |
second supplement:
there is a homepage for the timmelsjoch:
http://www.timmelsjoch-hochalpenstrasse.at |
Ermin Trevisan (Trevi)
Junior Member
Username: Trevi
Post Number: 60
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 3:11 am: | |
supplement:
we usually avoid to drive on sundays in switzerland, especially for passes. there is too much traffic, too many bikers and as a consequence, too many speed traps (yeah, on pass roads)! |
Ermin Trevisan (Trevi)
Junior Member
Username: Trevi
Post Number: 59
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 3:06 am: | |
gr�ezi jay
first of all, the Funky Ferrari Owners Switzerland will have an other one-day gathering either on sept. 6/7 or sept. 13/14. we will meet in the eastern part of switzerland and probably head to italy (lecco) for lunch over the julier-pass and the maloja-pass. an other alternative is the bernina-pass and st. moritz. anyhow, this is an extraordinary beautiful scenary and a challenging drive on very twisty roads! if you are interested to join, i will see that it will happen on the weekend of 13/14, which would be more convenient for you.
about your itinary:
if you are at bodensee and heading towards m�rren, i could pick you up and we could drive to m�rren together. for example through the beautiful toggenburg, glarus, the famous klausenpass (historical race) and finally the sustenpass. i assume you know that you have to park your car in lauterbrunnen, as there is no road to m�rren. are you staying in the palace?
about maranello: as you mentioned, it is best from m�rren to drive over grimselpass, furkapass and st. gotthard. but you should not miss the very old street on the gotthard, called "tremola". you find it, if you exit the street on top of the st. gotthard and go to the hospiz (where also the restaurant is located). beside the restaurant, the tremola is starting. it is a paving stone road! after the gotthard in the ticino, you may not go directly to milano on the highway and consider to exit in lugano and head to "ponte tresa" and varese.
for the way from maranello to innsbruck, i would suggest you not to go over the brenner (really boring) but instead exiting the brenner-autobahn in Bolzen (Bolzano), going to Meran (Merano), passing through the gorgeous Passeier-Tal (Val Passiria) and then taking the beautiful "Timmelsjoch" (Passo di Rombo).
this are my first thoughts, let me know about your plans.
trevi |
Jay P. Ross (Eilig)
Junior Member
Username: Eilig
Post Number: 222
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, August 08, 2003 - 9:36 am: | |
Thanks Trevi -- Would love to here your suggestions. I do rather enjoy driving the Furka Pass, but would love to hear about some of your favorite drives in the area. Vielen Dank, bis bald,
-Jay |
Ermin Trevisan (Trevi)
Junior Member
Username: Trevi
Post Number: 51
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 10:22 am: | |
jay
as switzerland is a small country, it does for sure overlap with my backyard ;-)
especially if you are staying in m�rren, we can definitely meet us and have a nice drive in the alps.
for your planned itineries, i'll have a look on the maps to find some interesting roads. at least the brenner doesn't look like being very interesting, you should rather try to avoid it. also the st. gotthard could be very annoying if you hit the wrong day. i'll come up with some suggestions, if you like me to do.
keep us posted on the schedule.
c u, trevi |
Jay P. Ross (Eilig)
Junior Member
Username: Eilig
Post Number: 219
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 9:31 am: | |
Thanks much for the online hospitality! I will arrive in Munich, then drive down to the Bodenseee for a weekend, then further south into Switzerland for a week or so around Muerren (south of Bern, in the mountains, near Interlaken.) From there I'll drive through Furka Pass and St. Gotthard down to Maranello for a couple of days, and back up north through the Brenner Pass, to Innsbruck, then probably east to the Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse in Austria (my favorite drive!) Does this path overlap into any of your backyards? If so please let me know, and I'd love to stop and say hello along the way!
Bis bald, vielen dank, ciao!
-Jay |
Ermin Trevisan (Trevi)
New member
Username: Trevi
Post Number: 50
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 2:51 am: | |
hi jay
i'm sure we will also organize a meeting with the Funky Ferrari Owners Switzerland during this period. keep us posted and we will be able to arrange for some nice trips!
c u, trevi |
Uwe Ricken (Uricken)
Junior Member
Username: Uricken
Post Number: 59
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 1:06 am: | |
Hi Jay,
that is great. September will be a good time (not to hot in Germany ;-))
It's great that you will have a "Stradale". If you will be in the area of "Rhein/Main - Frankfurt" we can make a ride through the wonderful Taunus or to the Nordschleife in the Eiffel.
With red wishes
Uwe Ricken |
Wolfgang Eistert (53345)
Member
Username: 53345
Post Number: 512
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Monday, August 04, 2003 - 9:33 am: | |
Hi Jay "Urgent",
thats great-you are coming over from Chicago.
Don`t know any dates right now, but I`m sure we can arrange something for you. Please let us know time and place where you are located on your vacation in Germany. You can also call me, when you are here in Germany just have a look to my profil with all the phone numbers.
Hope to CU
Wolfgang
FORZA FERRARI |
Jay P. Ross (Eilig)
Junior Member
Username: Eilig
Post Number: 218
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Monday, August 04, 2003 - 9:20 am: | |
Gruess Gott!
Von September 6 nach September 24 komme ich nach Deutschland fuer ein Urlaub.
Do you know if there will be any Ferrari gatherings during this period in and around Germany, Austria, or Switzerland?
Im diese Jahr, ich fahre ein 360 Modena miete, und fuer ein Tag, die neue Challenge Stradale!
Bis bald!
Jay Ross
Chicago, Illinois |