We arrived in the pouring rain and the forecast for the F1 is wet and stormy weather. But we can’t stop smiling – just thrilled to be here, wet or dry!!
On the flight over we were given plain crackers – I was in the mood for a little vegemite, and so happened to have some in my bag, so I cracked it open (thanks Mum) and stunk the aircraft out. Yummo!
The first night we arrived it was late, so we opted for a hotel close to the airport with a free shuttle. The next day, the weather was pretty bleak so we decided not to venture too far. The reception staff kindly informed us that we could watch movies in the hotel, so we went down to the local video store to hire a DVD (Senna). Unfortunately we couldn’t hire as we’re not ‘locals’. Being a movie about the Formula 1 (Ayrton Senna), we (I was) were desperate to see it so they gracefully put it on the store system and we stood there crook necked for 100 min watching the film. Despite most of it being in Portuguese, it was worth it. Oh boy are we excited!!
On the way to our next hotel that Jeff organised months ago (closer to the race), we tried to take photos of the pretty impressive city but every direction was a mass of tall buildings – we didn’t’ know which part was the city – we guess it all was. Crazy big – the entire population of Australia is almost in this one city. The view from our hotel on the 12 floor is really pretty. There are a lot of bridges here and each are surprisingly unique and stunning, especially at night.
About 3 hours ago we went to pick up our race tickets – WOOFREAKINGHOOOO!!!! Thankful they included earplugs in our pack! Qualifying tomorrow and race on Sunday – will be at both and can’t wait!
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