NoVector

It was nice to see inside the convertible (hard to do at the museum.) Note the mileage and the button to retract the top.

928cs

Thank you for the kind words.
I will forward them to the members of the Club Porsche 928 de France and specifically to the organization team.

It really was a pleasure for me to spend such a weekend in your company thumbup:

Samuel

mcs51

Guess who is signing miniature cars?
Recognize the cars?
Well that�sthe driver!

And if you like 928�s well here are a few more� �

Thanks to all people of the French 928 club for those 4 wonderful days� �

Arnoud

At this Euro 928 2017 @ Reims / France, it was very nice to meet up with some old friends and meet new ones!

Have been making lots of photo's, but due to hotel WiFi problems till date, not had a change to upload any of them yet. Will do so in the days to come...

pdejong

The French 928 CLub knows how to organize a great party. My son and I drove down from Holland and we had a great weekend. Never had so much champaign in a weekend.
It turned out we were the only ones with a Dutch license plate (my old '83 US model 928S). And it was great to meet Tom, Richard and John from the US , Johnny from Switzerland and the guys from Sweden and Finland.
Bilal, and Roger you guys missed a great event. I was sooooo disappointed that you guys did not show up!
Attached is a link with some pictures. I hope you can access them.

https://goo.gl/photos/PdT6Row6vgLq2RWS9

Peter deJong
(back in Charleston SC)
'83 US S Aut
'90 GT-TT

blau928

Hey Peter!!

Great to meet you and your son as well.

Richard

Kiwi'79

Great photos thanks!!!

Tom in Austin

Musing on the trip home ...

I got up Monday, enjoyed the breakfast buffet at the hotel (eggs! bacon! sausage! belgian waffle!) and departed Brussels about 10:30a. My flight to Atlanta was 9.5 hours and crossed six time zones, so we landed there in early afternoon US eastern time. After doing the customs and baggage re-check process, I got on the two hour flight over to Austin, crossed one last time zone, and arrived home about 6:00p in time to have dinner with my wife, talk about the trip, read the mail and etc. Went to bed at the normal time, got up the next morning at my normal time, went to work and had a normal day.

So it was interesting to fly 11.5 total hours in a day, cross an ocean, and end up right back on my normal schedule with no jet lag, or readjustment of any kind. I didn't know exactly what to expect, but in the end it was remarkably un-remarkable.

mcs51

No Belgian chocolates?

Remember me next time we see each other to offer you some! !

Tom in Austin

Excellent point ... the best chocolates in the world, how did I forget that ?

pdejong

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Musing on the trip home ...

I got up Monday, enjoyed the breakfast buffet at the hotel (eggs! bacon! sausage! belgian waffle!) and departed Brussels about 10:30a. My flight to Atlanta was 9.5 hours and crossed six time zones, so we landed there in early afternoon US eastern time. After doing the customs and baggage re-check process, I got on the two hour flight over to Austin, crossed one last time zone, and arrived home about 6:00p in time to have dinner with my wife, talk about the trip, read the mail and etc. Went to bed at the normal time, got up the next morning at my normal time, went to work and had a normal day.

So it was interesting to fly 11.5 total hours in a day, cross an ocean, and end up right back on my normal schedule with no jet lag, or readjustment of any kind. I didn't know exactly what to expect, but in the end it was remarkably un-remarkable.
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Sounds like I was just a couple of hours ahead of you, Tom. I landed in Greenville SC at 5 PM and was home around 6 PM EST.

Peter de Jong
South Carolina
'83 S Aut
'90 GT-TT

blau928

I know that you also must have had some beer 🍻!!! Because it was hot and you probably got thirsty 😊


I'm still on the other side while you and Peter are back home 🏡

Cheers 🍻

Arnoud

Pictures,or it did not happen...

The two cars from the Porsche museum and some of their details, as were on display at the entrance of the main meeting point:

Arnoud

Already during Thursday afternoon, just after the official start time of this event, I counted over 40+ 928's on the car park (side note: unfortunately very few participants from outside France):


In the local Reims car museum, spotted this 928 miniature. Might have inspired some, I think?


For those of you who where there: wan't this the temperature in bus during Friday afternoon's champagne house visit?

Actually: we had very nice super modern air conditioned buses for our transports.

Parade through the town of Reims:

Arnoud

Philippe Delaporte drove his car to all locations (here on the Saturday champagne area car driving tour), and he has been showing to us all that our cars - when properly maintained - is as tough as nails and made to be driven - in his case literally - around the world!
Philippe was very pleasant to talk to, another great example of a passionate 928 owner.




Circuit of Gueux, line up of our cars on Sunday morning: