Well, I finally feel like I can add something exciting to the blog this week! Dave and I were lucky enough to be given passes for a week ago Friday and Saturday by Batelco (a local internet/phone company) for the Bahrain Formula 1 races. It was pretty amazing couple days for us. We started both days with a buffet at one of the local hotels (The Sofitel) and then we headed over to the race track. On day one we did a 4 x4 drive; which turned out to be a ride in a new Land Rover over their off road training course. It was absolutely amazing what these cars could do (kind of the theme for the entire weekend). After watching the practice races we poked around the event and found the free champagne and candy bar. Day two was more of the same amazingness. We met a wonderful family from England on our first day, they come to the races every year, so they took us under their wing and showed us the ins and outs of F1 racing. The Batelco group was great, so friendly and happy to show us around. We got to do a pit walk of the F1 cars and meet the drivers of the Batelco Grand Prix racing crew. Enjoy the photos...
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| Dave and I on the balcony of the Batelco lounge. |
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| Dave and I with Alban Varutti, the Batelco Grand Prix racer. |
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| Dave with the Batelco Grand Prix car. |
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| Candy bar at the Paddock Club... best idea ever!!!! |
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| a car going super fast |
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| me looking fancy! |
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| two cars going really fast |
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| Dave looking good... |
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| Dave holding the steering wheel of the Lotus F1 car with the lady tasked with making sure he didn't abscond with it |
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| Dave and I in front of one of the Ferrari cars |
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| I don't know what this is, but it looks fancy. |
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| I don't know who this guy was, but he looked important. |
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| F1 race |
