Prague Plates Spotting and Special Trips for License Plates

2 cars did not start. the Norwegians will use it for a 3-day stay in MC. The Germans tried. And indeed. at this moment he is already on the rampage somewhere near Valence, Digne or Gap on the night SS with the others.

Absolute heaven. Lamborghini Miura. Feruccio L. made tractors and bought cars nearby from Enzo Ferrari. He bought a new one once and it broke right away. So he looked at it and went to explain to Ferrari what he was doing wrong. Maesrtro got very angry and insulted and said that he would never sell him another car. So FL made a Miura. The absolute highlight of my childhood.

Fig. 3. Ferrari 488 Pista, Lp 488P, Monaco stripes. I was mainly looking to see if it was still Charles Leclerc. Yes, I saw him absolutely reliably. So he’s home.

Lamborghini Diablo. I have seen 4 in my life. 1 of them yesterday and 1 today.

It’s not heaven. But there are times when it touches him.

They drove cars out of the square everywhere. Here, on the contrary, the more, the better. But one day they will be swept away by the world madness, that we see at every turn, too.

Casino everyone knows where it is in MC. But prison few. It’s MC. So the nicest prison in the world. Sea views.                                                                                                                        Selfie at crazy NL export.

I met a Mercedes Classic 10-P1-2 in the evening rush hour. Madam about 30, beautiful blonde with about 5 year old daughter. The window is closed on her side, 10 cm open on the passenger side. Darkness, they had fun together. I walked beside them as they drove, wondering if now was a good time to bother someone in the dark. It could be the last attempt.
But the sticker on the windshield. I know her! For one state, I have it on the blog as a detail. Unfortunately not on the phone. I don’t know where to look among thousands.
Gray, blue small font, many lines. It could also be something with the export of that car.
So if anyone knows this – thanks in advance for the tip!

The rest of the week will hopefully be better. They already started yesterday from Oslo. He is leaving London at this very moment. Tomorrow is the start in Bad Homburg, Reims and Torino. Direction Monaco. Like in the (good) old days. Rallye Monte Carlo historique 2023 begins.

A terrible storm was raging over the Bay of Naples. I suspected that the waves would come this far, to MC. Normally the waves always go from southwest. Today from the southeast. Otherwise, half of Italy is covered in snow.

Menton in the evening, savior of the day.

Monaco, January 2019

( I think we still haven’t closed the first picture. I think they were talking about J or ROK. So what is the conclusion?)

We have (we had) 3 scooters from the islands here. GBJ, GBM, GBG. I can’t find a single one this year. Something happened with Brexit.

One event ends, others come.

The rare FIN trade promised more at first glance.

The Monaco Auto Club published a series of historic images today. I chose how they developed during Lp MC.

And the memory of three wonderful people. Princess Gracia Patricia (Grace), Prince Rainier III. and Niki Lauda.

(MC dark or pale blue does not exist. I searched everything. Apparently the citizens had to return them. And they all returned them. There was probably a big penalty. And they wouldn’t get a new little white one. They are not even in the museum)

Tradition. I am the first to welcome the RMC winners. At the crosswalk by pressing the pedestrian button.

The winner Ogier passes even though the red light is already on. (last pic). I left the squeezing to a bubbly Argentinian who was more confident that cars would stop to take a selfie with him.

This time the shower is right at the entrance to the port. From the beautiful French until my knees gave out, I got the Red Bull, green, winter edition.

The rally is over. I’m overcome with dejection..

No way, I was wrong. The race continues at the Italian-directed Fairmont corner. Absolutely contagious enthusiasm. In no other country could Ferrari, Lamborghini, Pagani, Lancia, De Tomaso, Maserati…develop.

From the peaceful return from the Place is the Col de Turini II. He didn’t present the prizes to the Princier, but sent the princess sister MC03. It must be bad there. A man sends his sister to a car race.

A sovereign victory for Toyota. Ogier is the winner again after a year. Wow, it was a fight last year as Loeb took the lead in the last SS. A huge organization. Huge costs. Sponsored by Le Casino. So who knows what percentage of the annual profit the rally cost?
Calm, without snow, accidents, dramas.
Unforgettable autograph signing on the first night!!!

Komplett MC Woche besser als erwartet 47 (-2). 

Menton 22.45
Truck from rallye here. From one side of the sea. From the second railway with bridges 3m. Even the buses got stuck. In the direction of Italy, just beyond the border tunnel. Old tunnel. I never even saw a bus there. Crazy situation. So I ran down to help. Also, that he went towards the sea. I probably wouldn’t be very valid. I would only advise. Back on the narrow crazy road to MC and look at the itinerary. Certainly the MC autoklub stated it all.

Lively traffic, 39 countries, that’s a tour MC balanced record. Carspotters straight up. Only a proper Lp was missing.

First N and BIH/week.

The guy with the Enzo Ferrari is the most mysterious character in the entire MC to me. I saw him in the Scuderia with fantastic models from the 60s of unfathomable prices. I met him at the Technical Inspection, where he arrived with the then completely premium novelty Ferrari La Ferrari. I also saw him behind the wheel of a truck when the circus in Fontvieille was being liquidated after the festival. At that time, he wore the kind of jacke that homeless people like everywhere. With lots of patches (NASA, USA, eagles etc.). Now he has a new girlfriend, he’s been to the hairdresser and his clothes are a class better.  I see now. His girlfriend’s leg. For dinner at the Hotel de Paris. Sportshoes for 50 €. Sometimes I feel like taking pictures of just the shoes. What gems from Laboutin, Choo, etc. are they walking around with. And something else. The portiers let him park alone. No one has ever received such an honor. So I wonder who it is.

Madness will break out tomorrow. All those fans from the mountains will come down to the MC. I’ll just be at the market. It will all go around. Those expeditions from CZ and the winners up at the Place for the awarding of prizes. Even the Princier will drive by.

Yes, everything would be easier if I could talk to all the organizers and fans in fluent French. I would be top informed about everything. And who is the man who often uses the word merde. I don’t know how, but I know what it is.
On the other hand, I’m glad to be behind a glass partition from the world beyond. In front of the vile CZ, where people are arrested for their opinion, etc. I don’t want to go back to that world after Monaco border at all.

The African in that tribal robe couldn’t stand that the Tesla stopped a few centimeters in the transition. And he went to punish the driver properly. He just drove to the edge and a real wrestler got out of the car. Well, some soft attacks fell. The African-European man crawled into the waiting room and Tesla left. Immediately the police arrived. They obviously didn’t want to solve something. After a while they left.

Now I will still go to MC, without my bike. To welcome the heroes after today’s long fight.

No men with waps were waiting. The cars came back relatively clean. Or showering 3m from the sea is not suitable? Ogier/Toyota leads after the first day.

They forced a flag on me at Hyundai. So at the station I looked like I was coming back from the Col de Turini. And that I didn’t know if I had warm soup, which I took with me, to eat or pour into my boots. As Clarkson taunts Rallye fans.                                                  Finally, the TV is at least good for something.

This is how it was washed last year. In the difficult covid time, it watched about 5 of us. Today, the increase in viewers is 1000% and there is no washing.

Just last year there was an Italian fan. He had the best Samsung and we compared photos. When he remembered something, he looked back. Rally, rally, a million rally pictures. He had just arrived from the Col de Turini.

The penultimate photo is from 2015. The last one from now.

From the solar fog. N 200 C. Something like the Falklands! After 10 minutes I discover the 2 cursed OOs. Would N 2 OOC ? It has a Jersey flag outside the window. So what experts???

And then up on the Place. The tension is rising. A rally breaks out.

Rallye Monte Carlo 2023, 91st edition. Ceremonial start.

Esapekka Lappi and Dany Sordo, Thierri Neuville and Elfyn Ewans.

I totally agree with what Ott Tanak thinks. An idiot with a dog. T. new number 1 at Ford this year. Japonec Katsuta a mistr světa 2022 (nejmladší v historii) Kalle Rovenperä.

Sebastian Ogier. Now a bit in the shadow of Sebastian Loeb. But he is not going this year. But last year’s victory is unforgettable. Well, we already know the others. II.Elfyn Evans.

No long evening with the rallye. I run to the train. The last one (and the 3rd for the whole day) goes at 6 p.m. But I probably wouldn’t be able to absorb more anyway.
It was awesome!!!
And like a proper Czech nine-year-old boy, I look at the catches at home. I have photos signed by Thierry Neuville, Esapekka Lappi, Sebastian Ogier, Kalle Rovanperä and Ott Tanak. And that I am from CZ and two pencils. Look, they are the ones that Lappi and Sordo signed with them and left them on the table when they left. No one from Monaco can think of that.
Monaco, you are the brightest star.

It’s a little after 8 p.m. The most famous ES is certainly the snowy Col de Turini pass. First results.

Still in my pyjamas, I hear a hellish rumble under the windows. Supercars drive into our yard. Just a jacket and down. De Tomaso Pantera. Classic of 60ties. I haven’t seen him in 2 months and now he’s coming home! So a faster catch is no longer possible.

I’m standing next to a Toyota Yaris GR that will drive as a Safety car and behind me… I’m thinking of a Maserati. And now I find out it’s the new De Tomaso. That they resumed production after many decades. Well, maybe the guys will write us something about it.

And maybe the French guys will write to us, what kind of military or police unit is it?

I didn’t forget the LP. There were none. UA made up 80% foreign traffic without MC, F and I. Extreme. Extreme today.

Here it is in all its glory. This is what the new De Tomaso Pantera looks like. It’s a complete novelty. Perhaps there are minimum pieces. Even the greatest experts knew nothing about it. De Tomaso under the Chinese (how else) begins to produce again after decades. Smart move. As with MG. That name has tremendous power.

Avenue Princesse Grace is so stunning today that I have to stop.

DK arrived a day later than I expected.

Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2 pininfarina. 1972-76 produced 525 units.                                        Toyota village has grown up. FIN mechanics wear shorts and a T-shirt. And today was definitely not the warmest day. A source of pride for every Czech man for generations. How much longer?

Married couples were expecting the arrival of that prince. Only half arrived (as always).

From the Nice-Ville station right to Raissins and good coffee. A little moment of happiness.

First TN and N this week. IR came to play for me. Pleasant. But I have Nostalgia at home.
I read as California. Colorado in the picture and Atlanta at the end. ???

GBG, GBM from Nice-CdA should have followed here. There are no GBs either. About 2 forgotten. Well, at least what was nice along the way. I hope they didn’t make an aquarium in Sheraton like in Berlin. How they broke recently.

38 countries. MC yesterday 35.

The Toyota Cup (Dakar 2023) is over. Fifth in a row Nasser Al Attyah winner. Toyota 1., 3.-5. 2nd place hero Sebastian Loeb. Great success CZ Martin Prokop (Ford) 6. We haven’t heard about the 4 factory team Audi with the biggest budget since the 3rd stage. Toyota took their Hilux, added a few HP. How simple it is.

Woche mit 49 (+1) Länder. Wieder nicht DK. Sehr gut Yugoslavia. Auch mit BIH,MK,MNE.

I had two matters in Menton this morning. So I didn’t plan anything. Maybe the MC will surprise. It wasn’t surprising.

Traditional scenario. After 15, it pulls away and everything fades into nothingness. And emptiness.

How empty it was in the evening, see photo. Everywhere. Only in the harbor by the market was something going on. But many states. Not far from 40.

The Fairmont corner filled up again today. I had to remember the Italian fan who ended up under the wheels of CZ Aleš Loprais on the Dakar this week.He stood behind the dune, waiting for the jump. The truck did not head straight up, but the video shows how the sand pulls it down into a longer trajectory. Loprais was in 1st place overall. Albeit in the absence of RUS Kamaz, which traditionally wins.
Let’s remember one of us and be careful.

Our Loprais spares nothing. This is how he turned out in the previous year.

1 minute after arriving at Fairmont turn ???

1 minute later : Gibraltar GBZ

I haven’t been here in a few years. And this year it will rain. In MC, I have a principle – do not touch. At least as a test. Maybe there is a connoisseur of cars among us, especially the classic ones.

1.,2.,3.,4./ 5.,6.,7.,8.

My tip: 1. Lamborghini Miura, 2.Lamborghini Countach, 3. L. Espada, 4. Lambo Jalpa?, 5.?,  6. Ferrari according to red? But what kind?, 7.?, 8. Ford GT

So what? Which way will he go?

The sad fate of these cars. And probably the owner too. It totally rubbed off on me too.

He admits. Already after dark in Cannes like this, I walk to the station with horror. I remember those times. From top to bottom: Deleted. So it happened today at 19 in MC. Unreal confusion broke out. Trains on the board appeared and then disappeared. After the 20th, the first train appeared. At the Cannes platform. The train had Vintimille. People got off and on again. Total drama. Finally, a train in our direction jumped on and immediately arrived. People tried to save themselves in buses. MC buses could not get to the stop because it took at least 10 minutes to get to Nice and Menton. The buses ran like sardines. When the can was full, it was time to eat. In Menton I found out that we were the last train for the day. They were already locking the station behind us.

Dakar 2023 is half over 

Today was a rest day. The bivouac was visited by a Saudi prince (right) and the chairman of the FIA (left).
What factory teams thought about winning. After two days it looked like that. Then they started to drop like pears in autumn. Audi poured billions into it. He paid aces like Sainz etc. All over. All. Outside of Toyota. Nasser al Attyah (1.photo) again as in charge for 4 years. Team mate second. Third Toyota B from Belgium (Overdrive). And the fourth Sebastian Loeb (2.). If he hadn’t stopped for over an hour (I think in the 3rd stage) it would have been close.

Toyota, Audi, Mini…shipped cars directly to KSA by plane. They only sent trucks with workshops and spare parts, escort cars, etc. to Paul Ricard.
This is Sebastian Loeb’s workplace.

I’m really glad I was there. I haven’t fully appreciated it yet. And of course I wouldn’t know about Madagascar. And the passenger didn’t know it either. And he asked the pilot. He looked at me: Imatriculation? Yeah, yeah, I nodded . Madagascar.

The hardest of all variants. All day and without breaks.

And on top of that, Orthodox Christmas. Perhaps the first time without LV, LT, EST complete.

So survived in various shelters. It was actually better than I expected. The only one who was happy about today’s weather was Ísland.

Woche zum Schluss gerettet. 48 (-1). Nur die 3 DK, die zum Fest kamen, sind wieder weg.

So the biggest event: I met Jan Koller. In Fontivielle, near Stade Louis. Our bomber, AC Sparta Praha, national team. See more… That’s a lot of goals!

I would guess the lady from the advocacy or something similar. He had a long unpleasant call, as you could see. He divorced and returned to CZ for another. He goes to MC for alternating childcare. But that’s his business. At Borussia Dortmund, Lokeren, AS Monaco… we remember him fondly. To Dino, which was his nickname.

55 goals for the Czech “nároďák”!

Prague Spring 2022

These points would be missing

but there was more

The MGL will receive the title in Paris as the first to go to the 2024 Olympics.

Sea, air, pleasant environment, peace.

Contemplation on a flowerpot at Mirabeau Bend. My number one from the circuit. Once every few years someone tries to overtake and it ends in a mass crash. There are barriers during the race. And being a marshal is worth it. Because of the first round. When everything comes crashing down here to Mirabeau. Even thinking about it sent shivers down my spine.

The flow of Italian visitors did not end. On the contrary, it is getting stronger every day. Today a fully packed train arrived from I to Menton. It’s only now that it’s really started in Italy. Already the 20th day off, everything closed. I can imagine the family’s morning conversation. “What are we going to do today? We’re going to be at home. What at home? We’re going to MC. We’ve been there four times already. So we’re going to be at home. No, no, we’re going for the fifth time.” Even the group asked me for directions. So, in return, I asked when the holidays would end in I. The only thing I noticed from the developed sentence was “sei”. That is, until 6. Then, of course, Saturday and Sunday follow. But in I they will catch up. Once we took the train from Brennero an hour late and arrived in Bologna exactly on time. Italy is a land of miracles. I hated everything in MC the day before yesterday. Since yesterday, I like to see Italian visitors again. Today, Italian has mastered MC almost 100%. Nothing else was heard.

By the way, the Italians take it a bit like their own. A few centuries ago, the Grimaldi set out from Genoa to the west to look for something new. Well, they overcame the fortress on the rock of Monaco by trickery. Well, it still belongs to their descendants today. Although over time they became much more attached to France.

Downstairs, the circus is completely over. Upstairs they still left it without Wham etc. and disco lights. When it cost so much money.

Same scenario for 15 days now. Everything closed (mainly car shops and repair shops, port…) and streams of tourists from Italy. How I was looking forward to leaving the station today and Ferrari will already be open. How do I stop, what new have they brought in for repair. Crass doors. Empty streets. Not did anyone clear the barriers after the fireworks. Today is a public holiday again. But heavy, massive. Buses run even less than on Sundays.Why? I alternately feel anger and hopelessness. How will the New Year be again? It’s like going to the movies and after the movie ends they don’t even turn on the lights and open the door and start it again. Atmosphere like in a small, remote town in eastern Bohemia. Everything removed – nothing new, of course new. I finish at 15. I don’t want this. I don’t want Jingle Bells anymore, I don’t want Italians anymore, which I liked yesterday.

And that started the day so nicely. At the crossroads near us in Menton. 50m from the house. Right after F and I, even before UA – RSM. In MC, I at least try to take the bus to garages where I don’t want to go by bike. But the anger does not subside. Only after 15. I get off at the station before Menton. The sea has a nice color today. Such a sea. The Azur is sometimes unbelievable and unbelievable. So I’ll stay here today. Even along the path of RSM II. I could only dream about that in MC. And I’ll take a good look at it here in the evening.

So it’s time to look back at the year 2022. A total of 87 states appeared. So an increase of 3 states. The record is 91 from 2019. Above all, the whole of East Asia is missing. And that’s where PRG was strong. Moscow-Prague, no one missed it. It won’t come back until the war (and covid) is over.
The incredible Prague Spring played a significant role in the good balance of 22. IL had an amazing fate. A state that I would not have expected at all. Alessio calls. Lukáš Hron put Israel on his twitter. So I called the photographer’s LH. Well, he forgot about me. I guess he was sorry. Because not long ago we met in Panská street, she stood. He went to check it out. Both of us have already found nothing but emptiness.
Alessio networks phenomenon the other day. The boys saw it at Don Giovanni. He just confirmed securities there. He stayed with us for 2 nights and left.
A month passed, it was Sunday, when I took always the car out and drove around the outskirts of Prague, shopping centers, and drove to the highway parking lot. And the phone. LH : IL stands at Airport 3/ East.
So I just turned at a nearby intersection and was standing next to her in 5 minutes.
Unreal. That Lukáš discovered it twice!!!

I will also point out how terrible Monaco was today. Here in Menton, the first morning view from the balcony was so hopeful. The platoon already liquidated those reindeer sleds, etc. And then the MC. In full armor, with all that Christmas music. I really don’t want Lennon’s Christmas (as I used to love him) and Wham Christmas (as I used to love them) anymore. Go with it to … I want to see how they bring in new ships, if Liberia has not arrived at the Mercedes center. Of course, the Monacans don’t care at all. At Nice-CdA, every fifth car is an MC. What is happening here is stolen from them.
And one more huge compliment to France. I probably admire her most for her organization. These are the last adventures in this world: the Tour de France and the Dakar Rally. But here is Radio Nostalgie. Well, it really isn’t anywhere else. Not at all in CZ. Beautiful music, endless flow, always different, especially the 80s. Yes, I have it on VHS tapes that are no longer playable. Yes, I can play it on Youtube. But I forgot a lot. I suddenly hear them here!

U2 are playing right now. I completely forgot about that thing from them. Sensational. Bono has a cottage by the sea here in Eze. It will definitely be the one with a small island with a bridge to it.

This is only the second time I see a Ferrari F50

Kuwait KWT 

Lots of Italians everywhere, especially on the circuit. They look happy and content. They pass it on to me. How beautiful it is here. Clean, safe and great weather. And Record today- 39.

This is one of the underground garages of the Hotel de Paris. All this did not fit in front of the hotel. It’s full. F1 costs 8000 € a night, today I see half of that.

It’s dark and the Fairmont corner is still full of Italian fans. I remember the incredible spring in Prague (RA, GBA, IL, ZA, MNG, IRQ…), the summer on the island (RCH, ZA…and lots of beautiful trucks), Paul Ricard. I traveled all to Saudia RM, BRN, CHN, BR..

So I wish us all today’s mood until 2023!

December was good last year. After Liberia, however, a slowdown. I was waiting for it to go back to normal. None came.

You are not allowed to park yourself in the Place du Casino. You hand over the keys and your car ends up somewhere. You have to be very good to keep yourself in the light of day or night. All the more surprising that this E BMW was leaked. But probably only for a few seconds. And a tow truck was immediately called. Perhaps he had deliberately positioned himself so that she would not get in front of him. But he was wrong. They pounded slippery mats under his wheels with a hammer. Rope over the pulley on the side. So it will be totally expensive. It was far cheaper to hand over the car keys and put the usual 50 € in the palm of your hand.

The last thing we missed. Artificial fog. That’s how drivers from the Mediterranean feel like they’re training for the trip to Europe. Snow covered trees, fog..

Not my type, but you might like it.