QUESTIONNAIRE 2010
In traditional Jimbotours fashion 2010's questionnaire to sum up the best & the wierdest moments of the tour....
1. FAVOURITE CITY
Jimbo - Rome - 1 word "amazing"
Shauny - My chav side says Split but my cultured side says Rome..... Split it is!
Stevie B - Gotta be Rome
Johnny - I've got to go for Ljubljana - I think we left a bit behind there
G-Budd - Tough, but ROME (for the architecture and of course the walking Jimbotours)
2. BEST DRINK
Jimbo - The dark beer in brewery in zagreb
Shauny - Pan in first bar in Zagreb (G - I thought yours would have been "my fantasy...?"
Stevie B - Erdinger!!
Johnny - Lasko - 1st beer of the tour - good start!
G-Budd - Strawberry Dakiri (Good call as well Shauny, how could I forget that?)
3. BEST TOURIST ATTRACTION
Jimbo - Colleseum
Shauny - Don't know if this technically counts... but Jimboland is my favourite moment!
Stevie B - The Vatican
Johnny - Ljuljana castle (moaning Shaun and free water/nibbles)
G-Budd - No competition, the Sistine Chapel
4. WORST TOURIST ATTRACTION
Jimbo - Museum of Zagreb
Shauny - Zagreb museum - comfortable sofas though
Stevie B - Museum of Zagreb
Johnny - Museum of Zagreb - standard!
G-Budd - Does this count? The train station in Ancona. Platform 2 anyone?
5. WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU BROUGHT WITH YOU?
Jimbo - more trainer socks from PREmark
Shauny - more boxers
Stevie B - Spare lenses!
Johnny - Ear plugs (Stevie B needs a separate room next year)
G-Budd - Another England flag
6. WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU LEFT BEHIND?
Jimbo - my leather jacket - didnt wear it once
Shauny - Extra jeans
Stevie B - Other pair of Jeans
Johnny - Nothing - packed efficiently this year
G-Budd - The extra pair of shoes, was expecting bad weather like last year
7. FAVOURITE BOOZER
Jimbo - Random little bar in Zagreb with band that played "dirty olde town" and with pissed old bar lady knocking out the beer
Shauny - Zagreb local boozer - love a good drunk jam session
Stevie B - Little Zagreb Boozer
Johnny - Maybe the nightclub in Zagreb but can't remember much so it has to be the little local place that featured us on TV
G-Budd - Anywhere on the river bank in Rome
8. BEST FRUIT MARKETS..... ; )
Jimbo - Zagreb - peachey
Shauny - Rome - hands down
Stevie B - Zagreb - although the delivery from Brazil was a close second
Johnny - Ljubjlana - everything was soo fresh
G-Budd - ROME, nay bother
9. BEST NIGHT OUT
Jimbo - Random night in middle of no-where with band. unfortunately steve cant use a camera so it goes unrecorded
Shauny - Last night in Zagreb... everything you need, football, Jaga, random bars in shopping centres!
Stevie B - Zagreb nightclub! Us lot sitting with the beautiful in a Romford-esq shopping center nightclub
Johnny - Zagreb nightclub - the pictures said it all
G-Budd - The last one. Every thing was perfect. Stunning scenery, good drinks and beautiful (Italian, Brazilian) women. Europe can be truly amazing.
10. WORST NIGHT
Jimbo - Ljubannana (sp?) first night. no-one in the bar where they didnt like the Irish
Shauny - Loseyabannna first night
Stevie B - Looseyerbananna! moody bouncer in a pub with no one in it! WTF!
Johnny - Holiday bar Ljubljana
G-Budd - Could be the first night in Rome. Under prepared and thankfully for Shaun and us, McDonalds was open until 2am!
11. QUOTE OF THE TOUR
Jimbo - One of mine after stevie B had a bad night:
"its like the free water on croatian airlines - you know its coming but you dont really want it"
Shauny - Don't touch the bird!!!
Stevie B - "there's a football team in Split!" Shaun oblivious to the Hajduk Split murals on pretty much every available wall in Split!
Johnny -
G-Budd - James to the Canadian birds in Ancona. 'So how old do you think Shaun is?' Don't worry mate, I won't reveal the answer.
12. WIERDEST PERSON WE MET
Jimbo - Gotta to be ladybird - sorry g budd!
Shauny - Ladybird
Stevie B - Ladybird!
Johnny - Ladybird without a doubt
G-Budd - I can't say Ladybird, but there was a strange drunk fella, in Rome, (Steve would remember him) who kept slagging off Roma FC, until he realised he was surrounded by Roma fans who wanted to smash him in. Then he said they were the best team ever. Weirdo
13. FUNNIEST MOMENT
Jimbo - There's loads but mine is In the Vatican.
American to security guard "where's about in the vatican is the statue of David i seen in my guide book.
Security guard - Florence
long silence
American - I feel so stupid right now
Shauny - "Look at the line dude... Look at the line....!"
and Jimbo infamous Scottish photography!
Stevie B - Same as james I'm afraid! cant be arsed typing it all out again!
Johnny -
G-Budd - James face after seeing the blocked toilet on the train from Ancona to Rome. A hundred words couldn't express how he felt
14. FAVOURITE HOSTEL (You can't vote for your own selection!)
Jimbo - Hobo Bear - nice
Shauny - Beach hostel
Stevie B - Hobo Bear! very nice
Johnny -
G-Budd - Loved the Beach Hostel, but that was my choice. So it has to be the Yellow Hostel in Roma.
15. WORST HOSTEL
Jimbo - The Yellow - too many americans.
Shauny - The Yellow - yank effect and annoying wifi killed it
Stevie B - Fulir! the messy Sweatties just tipped the scale
Johnny -
G-Budd - The one in Ancona. Don't actually remember it!
16. BEST FOOD
Jimbo - The pizza in Rome made into a sandwich - genius. Closely followed by regular ham and cheese sandwiches warmed by my backpack
Shauny - Jimbo sandwich
Stevie B - Rome! But NO MUSHROOMS!
Johnny -
G-Budd - Easiest question so far. James warm, sweaty, homemade 'Ham and Cheese baguettes'. As an amateur chef myself, he managed to mix value-for-money and quality taste in the best way ever on a Jimbotours. His rolls are one of the things I miss now I'm back
17. WORST FOOD
Jimbo - late night snack in ancona - thats our secret shaunie
Shauny - Saltfish pastry in Split - that cabbie took the scenic route and some!
Stevie B - the ferry "chicken & chips" (see picture for reference)
Johnny -
G-Budd - Food on the ferry. Very Poor (2/10) Photographic proof on this blog
18. SCARIEST MOMENT
Jimbo - G budd disappearing downstairs to Ladybirds room - will he ever come back alive??
Shauny - Stevie B giving me the look of death when I had a swig of his Corona in Zagreb... he still left it behind anyway!
Stevie B - The Baby Ultras in the square on the last night in Rome!
Johnny -
G-Budd - Could be the night in Ancona. There was a massive gap in my mind, where everyone else seemed to have gone out that night and I was supposedly asleep in the hostel, under a pile of blankets, feeling the effects of too much Jaeger from the ferry!
19. BEST SHOWER
Jimbo - Hobo bear. Zagreb
Shauny - Hobo bear. Zagreb.
Stevie B - Yellow!
Johnny -
G-Budd - Probably the showers in the Yellow Hostel. Only a bit too pristine for such an establishment
20. BIG QUESTION – JIMBOTOUR’s 07, 08, 09 or 10???
Jimbo - Had a long good think. For sheer diversity and good weather its 2010 by a whisker.
Shauny - Its tough... 08 was a masterclass in touring plus had the football.... 10 had the weather, the sites & the footie... For me the banter was great this year... 2010 has it (but only just!)
Stevie B - Has to be 2010
Johnny -
G-Budd - Its real close. 2008 was a footballing, sticker experience - never to be matched. 2009 was Euro disco heaven and 2010 was Jimbotours finally coming-of-age. So i'm gonna go for 2010, by a pube!
21. EXTRA QUESTION - MAN OR BODY PART OF THE TOUR
G-Budd - There was a clear winner. James feet. Performed excellent under pressure. Sometimes we forgot they were there!
Shauny - Stevie B through it away in injury time so for me Jimbos feet take it for an excellent performance - I hear that Man City are interested in signing them next season!
Stevie B - Shaun's thumbs (and fingers)! for all the work they put in ensuring he always had his bets on!
Johnny -
James - my feet were amazing. Steve had it wrapped up halfway through but fell 2 out. Gotta be Shaun for getting up those last flight of stairs in Rome to find out the church at the top was closed.