Welcome Desk at the NH Hotel Laguna Palace.
We had the apero at the terrace of the hotel owned port...
...and the lottery of the G&P kiosk.
 
 
 
gold and pioneer 09 event
june 28-30, 2009
venice, italy
Dinner at the hotel.
 
Skander welcomes the Gold & Pioneer Members.
 
 
 
At first the Goldmembers were asked to find their kiosk number.
After that the Pioneer members had 99 chances.
Traditional Italian music.
 
 
 
Enid presents the G&P Special 2009 - Golden Groove GZ206
On the next day on the journey to the kiosk we had a stop...
...at the castle of Duino.
 
 
 
After Snacks and drinks we visited the castle.
 
Arrival at the Kabola Winery in Umag, Croatia...
 
 
 
...where the G&P Kiosk took place.
The G&P Kiosk 2009.
 
 
 
 
 
A fantastic view.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Swatch Croatia offered some Swatch watches to the Club members.
 
 
 
A tour through the wine cellar.
 
 
 
 
 
We had dinner at a restaurant at the port of Novigrad.
 
 
 
 
 
 
On Tuesday we had finally time for Venice: Oh Sole Mio ;)
The Rialto Bridge.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Walking through the "streets" of Venice.
Even here there is (water) StreetArt.
 
 
 
 
 
Typical Venetian masks.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Group picture on the Piazza San Marco in front of the giant Swatch ad.
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Swatch Store of Venice.
Our meeting point: Cafe Aurora on the Piazza San Marco.
 
 
 
The press conference took place a theatre.
 
The club members watched the presentation of the new Artist Swatches.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Time for autographs and pictures.
 
 
 
 
 
A new kind of hat ;)
Ted Scapa.
Matthew Langille.
 
 
 
Billy the Artist.
 
The Artist Specials were shown in the theatre.
 
 
 
 
The 3 Specials by Matthew Langille.
 
 
 
 
The 4 Specials by Ted Scapa.
 
The 2 Specials by Billy the Artist.
 
 
 
 
The 3 Swatch watches by Grems.
CreArt Special Bags for everybody.
 
 
 
Shirts were given to us...
...for the sport activity.
 
 
 
 
A quick introduction...
 
...into dragon boat racing.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Venice is a wonderful background for dragon boat racing.
 
 
 
Skander had a suprise for us...
...a Murano Glas Gondola.
Dinner on Murano Island, the famous island for glassblowing.
 
 
 
A glass mosaique.
Of course we had to see a glassblower at work.
 
 
 
 
 
 
At 10pm the CreArt 2009 started at the Piazza San Marco.
 
 
 
A live painting performance by Billy the Artist.
 
 
 
 
 
After CreArt we went to the Swatch Party on San Servolo Island...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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