Hi "everybody" I´m back on the blog a lot have been happening since last time , not all very interesting but nevertheless a lot of things ... As you know I`m back in Spain and just after I got back I lifted off again to Bilbao to see my Poker Friends from Norway for a weekend of gastronomic food , and some art at the Guggenheimer . Everybody was a day late because of the ash problems but we did finally arrive Friday instead of Thursday except Helge which was only with us Saturday morning :-) ....
Friday we went first to the Guggenheimer and I must say it was very impressive , outside quite imposing and interesting , inside also architectual but we where I believe very lucky with the exhibits . We saw Anish Kapoor (http://www.anishkapoor.com). An Indian Born artist which had a lot of interesting sculptures , there where machines shooting Blood Red wax into a corner , pigment sculptures , concrete "forms" and mirrors etc . Also impressive was some "things" with only a black hole , it was sooooo black that we could not see "anything" ... I really recommend anybody to have take a trip and see it it`s on until October . In the night we wondered around Bilbao , eating tapas and drinking .
Saturday we went to San Sebastian which is a very nice little city , the tapas where out of this world some of them sooooo good that I want to go back just for that . Since the trip was shortened by a day we only got to spend a night and then Sunday we drove along the cost (or at least a little bit , as it was more woods) but anyway we ended up in a small fishing village about an hour from Bilbao and in a restaurant there and had a fish that I can safely say it`s the best fish meal in MY LIFE ... It was soooooo good that it´s quite impossible to comprehend how they make it as it was ONLY fish with some garlic and oil , nothing else , but the TASTE ,,,, whoooola.
Then back to Marbella for a few days (in fact a week ) with Golf games and practising for the Cannes Invitational at Espen`s place .
Here we arrived Sunday and went strait to Terre Blanche course which is a very nice place with 2 courses . We play the Chateau course which is very nice but strange things in France when it comes to the Slope as you always receive many shots extra , Kjell (40 points) received 10 shots which I think is quite stupid but this goes around most places in France Maybe they don`t like to play their normal hcp or can`t hit anything long . As the course are not really long either just over 6000 meters should be normal for a good golf course .
Next day as frank arrived we where off to Monaco , and Monte Carlo golf which is a great place on top of Monaco and some holes you can look down on the city and over the sea. The first holes we had ok weather then after 6-7 holes it started raining and continued the rest of the round , Gisle came in with 37 points .
The next days was rained away and we did some sightseeing , Then we where supposed to play one of my favorite courses . Cannes Mougines a great place , but due to uncertain weather we skipped it and ended up playing a cheaper course , and it was terrible , again they received shots on a course less then 5000 meters ???????? I had to play from white tee´s as they did not have slope for yellow on my Hcp ....So the strangeness carried on .... needless to say I played like shit ... we did avoid the rain though .
Next day was off to St.Tropez as this was an extra day since we missed Tuesday . The course was Gassin Country Club , a real nice place with a high level of service and very friendly people , the course was very nice although quite hilly . Unfortunately we needed to dash off quickly for me to catch the plane but at least I won the round with 36 p. We should come back here I believe . Also here we got lot´s of shots though .... I wonder if French people play global tournaments how they will do as their Hcp`s must be lower than rest of the "world" ...
I need to clean up my PC in order to add some photos , will try and do next few days ..
chau
