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This or that: Lambo or Lamb Shank?
This weekend my wife and I watched a Netflix series called Paul Hollywood's Continental Tour. Paul is a baker and known for the Great British Bake-Off series, but is also a keen amateur racer. In this 3-segment show he visits Italy, Germany and France, spending 6 days in each country. He travels in an assortment of vehicles (see below) and usually with a local guide and/or a British comedian who lives in and loves Italy, Germany or France.
Paul learns how to drive a Lamborghini in Italy
He gets a M-B Grosser 600 in Germany before swapping it for a VW bus and going to a nudist colony (reminiscent of Peter Sellers in the Pink Panther movie)
There was an amusing riff in Berlin about the pedestrian signs in the East and West - East looking like a "fat Russian spy" and West looking like "a thin tall Danish spy"
And finally he drives a Citroen DS and 2CV in France, where they pose the question: Would a Frenchman rather have a Ferrari or a case a week of First Cru wines -- the wines won. No answer to the other question they asked, Would a Frenchman rather have a Lambo or a Lamb Bone (Leg of Lamb)?
We found the shows very entertaining - and having spent months ourselves in the past 30 years in each country driving around, it was still very educational in the discussions of how vehicles reflect the culture of the country where they are designed and produced.
Check it out if you can.
Cazalea
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This or that: Lambo or Lamb Shank?
This weekend my wife and I watched a Netflix series called Paul Hollywood's Continental Tour. Paul is a baker and known for the Great British Bake-Off series, but is also a keen amateur racer. In this 3-segment show he visits Italy, Germany and France, sp...
Looks interesting. Do you know by chance if he test drove the Koenig Testarossa, the Dauer 962, the Almeras Porsche 997 and the older Brabus 600 sel?
Thanks in advance for your feedback Best regards Georges
I cannot recall any of the models that you mention
He did drive these and maybe a couple others: ITALY Lambo Huracan Spyder Pagani Fiat 500 original 2-wheel delivery Piaggio Ape Alfa 6C 2500 1938 Panda 4x4 Muira GERMANY Wartburg 353 BMW 2002 tii BMW i8 Porsche 911 MB 600 long FRANCE Peugeot 206 GTi Alpine...
Would a Frenchman ...
... prefer a Lambo or a lamb bone? Certainly not the latter if prepared by an English cook ... Marcus
Ah, but Englishmen (or cooks) were not part of the question
Can I restate the question: would a typical Frenchman prefer a flash car over great food? Answer: No, he would take great food (& wine)
