I said goodbye to Ele, Giovanni and Bartolo this morning with a heavy heart but its alway nice to move on and discover new places. The first strange sight was seeing the racing circuit of Misano virtually backing on to the Autostrada. This is on the Moto GP calendar and can probably best be described as Valentino Rossi's private test circuit as he's from the town of Gradara just a few kilometres down the road.
The orignal plan was to see San Marino but the rain started to bucket down and I decided to hit Bologna instead. I got as far as the crumbling wreck of a football stadium on the outskirts and decided not to venture any further as the buckets of rain were replaced by something much more substantial.
After driving twenty minutes north towards Modena I suddenly made a snap decision and headed inland to see the Ferrari museum at Maranello.
Anyway. Here are some pictures of today.
This is the Stadio Renato Dall'ara in Bologna. The very ground where David Platt swivelled on a six pence during Italia 90 to volley an unstoppable shot past the hapless Michel Preud'homme.
Ferrari heaven at Maranello.
F40
F40
The 2007 F1 car.
Nigel Mansell's 1989 firecracker.
The Ferrari belonging to the late Gilles Villeneuve. The front wing looks like a snow plough.
The lovely arse of a Ferrari F40
The iconic Testarossa.
After this I had a very long drive to Innsbruck via Verona, Trento and Bolzano. I had to pay 7 euros for Austrian motorway tax and then about five kilometres after buying the "vignette" the nazi puppets have the bloody cheek to charge you another 8 euros for using the Brenner Pass. 19 euros from Bologna to the Italian-Austrian border and then they charge you another 8 euros for a few kilometres. Old Helmut in the toll booth might've taken 8 euros from me but he had to work his socks off for it.
2 comments:
G'day fella....looks like you are having a blast. Nothing to report here...apart from a freak snowstorm that has brought the country to its knees...a position you are familiar with I'm sure. One small dose of the white stuff and we're unable to cope with life...again a story that rings true for you!
Hope Bertha is doing well...how are those new treads holding up?
Bring me back a lovely Austrian girl with a large Alpine horn! Austrian hey? ....well throw another shrimp on the barbie!!
Hi Chris
This is a very interesting story about your trip in Europe by Car. No hiccups with this car while travelling?????.
I like all the description and the stunning pictures which are by the way of very good quality. Next time you organize such a trip, please ,make sure you send me an invitation as well.
By the way, this is beatrice from Times House.
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