***UPDATE - EuroBean 2008***

EuroBean 2008 has kicked off - follow progress on http://www.eurobean.org.uk

Day 7: Milan to Florence [195 Miles]

To add to our 'driving the wrong way down a one-way street' mishap in Geneva, we started today by going the wrong way round a busy roundabout in Milan - with the locals screaming their arses off at us. We simply thought they were loving our look. Still, this was easily rectified by an excellent mid roundabout euro-turn. My turn to drive today on the way to Florence through the beautiful Tuscany countryside. Obv the roof was down and no doubt we were probably looking very gay (Vinnie you would have loved mincing along with us you queen). Again, in true brits-abroad stylee I forgot to apply the suncream and have the biggest panda eyes you could ever imagine. Andy escaped this but instead has mosquito bites the size of gonads. As you'd expect, Florence is picture-postcard beautiful, but sadly overrun with Yanks creaming their pants...

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Day 6: Geneva to Milan [205 Miles]

Well today has been a day of breathtakingly stunning scenery, temperature extremes and random altitude sickness! To be honest we were glad to see the back of Geneva with it's crap weather and po-faced residents. The journey into The Alps was awesome, passing (at high speed, obv) glaciers and mountain springs aplenty. There was a long queue to get through the Mont-Blanc tunnel into Italy, and both Andy and I were affected by the altitude (such poofs that we are). This naturally subsided by the time we'd hit Italy, greeted by blue skies and some real-life heat at last. Only here in Milan for one night, but had a chance this afternoon to check out the city in all it's splendour - Like the women here, this place is stunning. I'll let the pics do the talking... Oh and right now we're sat on leather bean-bags fashioned into breasts (Pics to follow naturally).

Au Revoir Geneva!



Trippy randomness in the Mont-Blanc Tunnel



Looking back on The Alps from Italy



Milano

Day 5: Geneva = Antarctica

It's bloody freezing here, roll on Milan!



That said it is annoyingly picturesque...

Day 4: Arrive a la Geneve [475 Miles]

We spent most of the day eating up the tarmac on the German autobahns, nailing through over 300 miles in just under 3 hours (including a break!). However, the Swiss roads were not quite so generous, and took as long again to complete the last third. Kiljoys.

We were bored in a heinous traffic jam in our destination, Geneva and this is the best we could come up with:

Vive La France!



Shortly after this, we did as all good Brits do abroad and drove the wrong way down a one-way street, much to the local's chagrin - Vive L'Anglais!

Day 3: I'm Only Happy When It Rains (In Cologne) [0 miles]

Randomness has been pretty high on the agenda today. Firstly we found something older than Andy...

...and someone with bigger hair than Andy...

...and something more volatile than Andy - the German weather...


...and someone better dressed than both us bastards...


Despite the shite weather (and the coldness of the locals (who HATE us), we still managed to annoy them further by actually enjoying ourselves!

Day 2: Belgium is Shit AND Weird [275 miles]

Well, we've managed 5 countries today (UK, France, Belgium, Holland & Germany), and it has to be said that Belgium is thoroughly bizarre. We stopped off for a well earned lunch break and both made a dash for the toilets. We noticed an old bag lady hanging around outside, but thought nothing of it - Then, whilst relieving ourselves we realised that she was actually watching us have a piss. I wouldn't mind but she was ugly. We were also deafened by some Belgian fella having an argument whilst defecating. THEN, we had to pay the bag lady 30 cents to get out! We only had a 10 euro note and she thought all her christmases had come at once. Silly bint. Then, whilst downing our lunch, some Dutch caravanners pulled up in the lorry bay next to where were and starting putting out their table and chairs - even though the weather sucked majorly and they were blocking the road(see below). I love Europe. Oh, but Belgium is shit. Don't go.

Day 1: It's a Full Moon [Miles 135]

Well, EuroBean 2006 has begun - and on the drive to Folkestone we were confronted by a glorious full moon - What does this mean? Andy is convinced this is some sort of supernatural omen... Time will tell!

The Wildebeest In Action...

...And this is what she's best at!

The Wildebeest...

This is the monster that will be tearing through the streets of Europe this summer...

The Countdown Begins! ..:8 Days:..

There have been a few issues over the last month with Project Eurobean, but they have now all been resolved and there are just 8 days until kick-off.

The good news is that I've now worked out how to post pics and video so you'll be able to experience our debauchery (or lack of it) in full technicolor!

Eurobean 2006: The Route

Calais, France to
Cologne, Germany to
Geneva, Switzerland to
Milan, Italy to
Florence, Italy to
Monte Carlo, Monaco to
Cannes, France

Meet Team Eurobean

Andy is a keen adventure sports enthusiast, a risk-taker in all aspects of his life and will be taking a break from his stressful job in London to take part in EuroBean 2006. He believes that at no stage will he be overtaken on the road by anyone. Andy will be driving a 2006 Black Honda S2000.

Mark is to blame if it all goes wrong and is EuroBean’s author on this website. A keen raconteur, he will be providing daily updates during and in the build-up to the August kick off. Mark will also be sharing the driving (If Andy can bare to hand over his keys).