{"id":8129,"date":"2022-12-25T19:57:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T17:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/?p=8129"},"modified":"2022-12-25T20:00:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-25T18:00:55","slug":"kaliningrad-retro-car-club-in-a-festive-mood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/kaliningrad-retro-car-club-in-a-festive-mood\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaliningrad Retro Car Club in a Festive Mood"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

In the club on Christmas Eve<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published: 25 December 2022 ~ Kaliningrad Retro Car Club in a Festive Mood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A big thank you to Inara and Arthur for inviting me to the Kaliningrad Retro Car Club end-of-year party last night and to the members of the club for making me feel so welcome and for creating a night to remember. It was especially fortuitous for me that the party coincided with the 24th <\/sup>December, Christmas Eve in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apprehension at the outset that the venue for the party, the old Luftwaffe spare-parts building, would be brass-monkey cold was largely unfounded. Improvised heating using one of those gas-fired space appliances worked far better than I anticipated, and as for the cold it could not compete with, this encouraged those who like and want to dance to do just that; their jumping and jiving around proving to be an excellent way of generating the auxiliary heat that we needed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaliningrad Retro Car Club party <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The car club\u2019s chef had prepared various nourishing dishes, the warm ones claiming a decisive victory for mission Keep the Cold at Bay, and generous proportions of vodka, cognac and cognac liqueurs, toasts galore and the warmth of the company present ~ particularly the latter ~ all did their sterling bit to stave off the winter temperatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was heartening and appropriate that Father Frost (Father Christmas) should drop by to assist in the festivities and to doll out seasonal presents, and I was especially pleased with the car quiz that proved to me once and for all that when it comes to taking part in quizzes I could do much worse than not take part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It did occur to me, too late, of course, that to show my appreciation for an excellent evening, I could have volunteered to help clean up the venue the following day, a sort of Christmas Day treat for my conscience, but as the idea refused to catch up with me until the time for action had passed, I will have to think of something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One positive thing that I could do is to reiterate my offer to the president of the club, which is to donate a rather fine door to the Luftwaffe building that we have secreted in our garage. I think that it would look very nice and would attest to its functionality hanging on two or three hinges where the hole in the wall to the toilet is. I am nothing if not inventive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Kaliningrad<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Above: <\/strong>Kaliningrad Retro Car Club members<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"Kaliningrad<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Inara<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Above:<\/strong> First Aid for anyone who complains about the cold ~ Vaccine Vodka. And the Retro Car Club’s resident nurse<\/em>. She has a heart of gold and a lovely bedside manner<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Father<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Above:<\/strong> Father Frost drops by<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mick<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Above:<\/strong> Mick Hart with a pint in his hand and Lenin looking over his shoulder<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Olga<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Above:<\/strong> Olga Hart with a kind and friendly fairy behind her<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mick<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Above: <\/strong>What is it … don’t be rude?! I’m talking about the object I am holding! It is, in fact, a napkin holder made out of <\/em>vilkee and<\/em> lorshkee ~ that’s forks and spoons to you!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Christmas<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Above: <\/strong>Us with a Christmas tree made by children out of coloured cloth and sponge<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Kaliningrad<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Above:<\/strong> The entertainment. A class act, an unusual feature of which was the levelling of the guitar on JImi Hendrix’s head<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Road<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Above:<\/strong> A highly detailed model display of the<\/em> Road of Life<\/a>, the Siege of Leningrad, WWII<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Retro<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Above:<\/strong> Would you believe a group photo?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copyright \u00a9 2018-2023 Mick Hart. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click on the links below for other posts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Fort XI holds Retro Car Club day<\/a>
Kaliningrad Vintage Car Rally<\/a>
Auto Retro Club Calendar 2021<\/a>
Kaliningrad Retro Car Club at Angel Park Hotel<\/a><\/strong><\/mark><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the club on Christmas Eve Published: 25 December 2022 ~ Kaliningrad Retro Car Club in a Festive Mood A big thank you to Inara and Arthur for inviting me to the Kaliningrad Retro Car Club end-of-year party last night and to the members of the club for making me feel so welcome and for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1779],"tags":[1914,2055,2054,2056,1486,2052,2053,55,623],"class_list":["post-8129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diary-2022","tag-arthur-eagle-kaliningrad","tag-christmas-eve-in-kaliningrad","tag-inara-eagle-in-kaliningrad","tag-kaliningrad-retro-automobile-club","tag-kaliningrad-retro-car-club","tag-kaliningrad-retro-car-club-in-festive-mood","tag-luftwaffe-spare-parts-building-kaliningrad","tag-mick-hart-in-kaliningrad","tag-olga-hart-in-kaliningrad"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t