Tuesday, January 1, 2013

North Italy Road Trip

     December 26th we headed north for a family road trip. First stop: Modena.  Lots of people asked us, "Why are you going to Modena? What's in Modena?" We chose Modena because it is very close to Ferrari, Lambourghini and Ducati factories/museums. 
     Modena was very quiet.  Not much was happening in the town,etc.  We stayed in a nice hotel-the staff was very kind!  The first morning we drove out to Lambourghini.  It was awesome to see the show room from a distance.  So many beautiful cars in one place!!  I was so excited!  We drove in to find parking.  The man outside the museum stopped us and told us the museum was....CLOSED! Ahhhh!!  The website did not share this information.  I guess I should have called first but Aaron reminded me that no one would have answered the phone anyway.  I was definitely disappointed.. :-(
  So, back in the car to drive to Maranello for the Ferrari museum.  It was awesome!  Words won't do it justice so see pictures below and on my FB page :-) Actually, we went to 2 Ferrari museums for the price of 1,essentially. (We always love to enjoy the good deals) The 2nd museum was of Enzo Ferrari's house and an exhibition building where they change out the cars every 6 months.
  Along with seeing the museum, we splurged and paid for a test drive in a Ferrari.  That was a fun experience! Even though I didn't get to drive it, it was fun to ride in it!  So fun!
 These were some of the cars that people, really rich people, could rent.
 Below, me with my favorite car of the whole museum..pretty...(the car :-)