Editor says Hello

The Art Editor says Hello!

Having missed the last couple of International Saab meetings due to the pandemic, we were keen to go to this years event in Luxembourg and booked our tickets early.

I had planned to take the pickup, driving on country roads and taking a couple of days to travel there and back, in order not to put too much stress on the car. This plan had worked out perfectly in the past, when we took the pickup to the Germany and Holland shows. However, events conspired against me and although I’d got the car back together, there were just too many things to finish before we needed to set off.

We took our ‘modern’ 2014 Skoda Yeti instead and although I was very grateful for the air con (it was very hot) and wipers that could cope with a monsoon (and very wet), I wish I’d bought or borrowed a Saab to go in - having to hide the Yeti wherever we went, was a bit embarrassing.

The whole event was very well organised, from the tours to the dinners, not always easy having to cater for over 350 hungry Saab enthusiasts! I’d also like to mention how friendly and helpful the volunteers were too.

It was great to catch up with our European friends and the other enthusiasts who had made the journey from the UK. I managed to speak to a few owners about their cars and hopefully we can feature some of them in future editions.

On the way home we stopped in Oudenaarde in Belgium for a couple of nights, which has a great bike museum and the MOU Museum with its large collection of 16th century tapestries. Plus we got to eat a lot of waffles and drink a few strong Belgium beers, can’t wait to go back! Simon