Euros 2009

[ben]

Is there any more pictures of the track anywhere?

[Lee]

yeah

[rcracer1]

I
lived in Bilbao from 1999 to 2001 and I can say that these people know what a jolly good time is! Looks like the track is quite near the "casco viejo" (the old city). They stay out at night until 8 - 9 am. Seriously!

I would suggest to anyone who can afford the time/cost to go down early or stay a bit after and check out the beaches and the fiestas during the days you're there. They have this thing where each town's patron saint day is cause for their own grand party of the year. Ask the organizers which towns as celebrating their fiestas during the Euros. It will be well worth it. Especially for those interested in meeting friendly, attractive women

Mundaka beach has world class surfing, el antxobe is a town stuck on the ocean where you swim in the port! There is a connecting bridge called el puente Colgante. Google it!

[Lee]

I dont know if this has been posted before, its a few short vids of the track from the warm up.

http://rcspecial.com/news/?p=22070

[rc boy]

looks awesome from the video's just wondering if they will change the layout for the euro's

[Eotz]

Originally Posted by rcracer1

I
lived in Bilbao from 1999 to 2001 and I can say that these people know what a jolly good time is! Looks like the track is quite near the "casco viejo" (the old city). They stay out at night until 8 - 9 am. Seriously!

I would suggest to anyone who can afford the time/cost to go down early or stay a bit after and check out the beaches and the fiestas during the days you're there. They have this thing where each town's patron saint day is cause for their own grand party of the year. Ask the organizers which towns as celebrating their fiestas during the Euros. It will be well worth it. Especially for those interested in meeting friendly, attractive women

Mundaka beach has world class surfing, el antxobe is a town stuck on the ocean where you swim in the port! There is a connecting bridge called el puente Colgante. Google it!

Hello rcracer1.

Nice to read that you know our nice city and Bizkaia province . The Euro 2009 is from 10th to 15th of august and the Bilboko Aste Naguzia (Bilbao´s main week) start on 16th to 24th. So if you can stay some days after the Euro you will enjoy it. But if you can´t, during the Euro you can go to the Portugalete celebrations (Is just in the conecting bridge) and also there are celebrations in Getxoko Portu Zaharra (Getxo´s old port). Very funny celebrations where you can taste "kalimotxo" (Look what it is in google ). Is possible to reach both places with the subway.

Just a couple of corrections rcracer1. The council of "Elantxobe" (All together) cancelled the celebrations in the sea port a couple of years ago to aboid problems, many drunken tourist needed to be recued from the water. But you biggest mistake is that the basque women are attractive, yes, but not really friendly at all .

rc boy, the layout is going to be the same that in the warm up.

Cheers.

[rc boy]

thanks for the info track looks awesome well done

[rcracer1]

Anyone who can stay even for just one day at the main week for the Bilbao festivals will experience a once in a lifetime experience. Partying from 6PM to 10am no joke! Some of the best times of my life were spent there!

[niggs98]

sounds like a plan as im there till the 17th

[Belsten]

that astro looks super grippy in the videos, cant see any grass at all, just a dirt section, or is it me

[MiCk B.]

I'm there 8 - 18. Sounds like it should be good.

MiCk B. :-)

[Eotz]

Originally Posted by Belsten

that astro looks super grippy in the videos, cant see any grass at all, just a dirt section, or is it me

Astro 80%, dirt 20%. That is all . But you can find a lot of grass arround the track .

And yes, is really grippy track.

[Lee]

Anyone flying out on the 8th from stanstead on the sleazy jet flight?

[ben]

Yeah me, helliwell,bradders and pidge that i know of.

[Wraggy]

Originally Posted by ben

Yeah me, helliwell,bradders and pidge that i know of.

me and Pidge are going out on the 7th now as the price of flights were silly , we only booked this weekend so that might be why

[millzy]

im shocked pidge even booked a flight lol

[Wraggy]

Originally Posted by millzy

im shocked pidge even booked a flight lol

ha ha well i had to be there and stand next to him almost for him to it . hence why they only got booked now instead of 3 months ago

[Lee]

Yeah its looking about 200 quid each if you fly on the saturday. Im still going to do it though because i dont get back to the UK till friday afternoon.
Is bradders going? i heard he couldn't get the time off work

[Lee]

Flights booked, sleazy jet £206 each

[Wraggy]

Originally Posted by Lee

Flights booked, sleazy jet £206 each

thats pocket change for you Lee