Day 29 - Como, Italy

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Activities

Unofficial Rest Day
Shopping
Race Preview Party

Highlight(s)

• Exploring Como a little more
  
• Meeting Sebastien Bourdais and hearing him speak candidly about his car setup
  
• Trying on whacky hats in Coin (Department store)
  
• Michel's Gelati count - 22
  
• Joceline's Italian / French / German Coffee count - 60
  

Odd Spot(s)

• We missed breakfast again because we were too late getting up. During the first two weeks of the holiday we were always first there.
  
• The rain storm in the morning was so heavy it created flash floods around the streets and flooded the pit garages at the track.
  
• One of the few places to shelter from the rain was in the doorway to Coin. Conveniently it gave us a chance to check out the hat department - inconveniently everyone else just stood in the doorway blocking anyone from going in or out.
  

Weather

Wet, wet, wet...

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Photos

Breakfast substitute
After missing breakfast we grabbed a pastry on the run from the Forno (local bakery).

Rain storm
People run for cover during the rain storm. Most ended up in Coin (Dept. Store). Unfortunately the little market had to pull up stumps early due to the weather.

Hat 1 - The Lincoln
Does this hat make my chin look furry?

Hat 2 - The Red Ruski
You saw it here first! These will be everywhere next season.

Hat 3 - The Pom Pom
Dress it up or dress is down - this one's available only in brown.

The Boys - Race Preview Party
From left to right: Micky.G, Mike (Nevada), Paul (London), Paul (Michigan) and Giovanni (Newcastle, UK)

Champagne ?
Us enjoying arrival drinks at the Monza race preview party.

Sebastien Bourdais
Sebastien Bourdais spent half an hour with our tour group answering questions from Peter Windsor and the audience. He managed to drop the "F" word 2 minutes in and seemed very relaxed.