June 26 2009 With the centennial planing over it was time to visit the Alfa Romeo Museum. Officially it was closed to the public at this time due to several issues; 1) a protest move by Alfa who stated they …
Alfa Romeo Centennial Planning – Lago di Como
June 27th 2009 Lake Como was where we spent this day with a ride up the Funicolare a highlight.
Alfa Romeo Centennial Planning – Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile
June 27th 2009 Torino Italy, and the Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile where the featured display was entitled The Evolution of the Automobile. Next we checked out an Abarth Dealership to see the unavailable to us at the time, Abarth 500.
Alfa drive day 1- Sart of the Appalachian trail
Spring is here in the North East and it’s time to take a drive in the Alfa. This Southern facing trip will be via Skyline Drive/Blue Ridge Parkway. Today’s stops were Lancaster PA for Pretzels, Gettysburg to check out the …
Alfa drive day 2 – Skyline Drive & Blue Ridge Parkway
The drive starts in earnest now – just South of Front Royal VA begins the beautiful Skyline Drive. This twisty mountain road is part of the Shenandoah National Park and ends up near Charlottesville VA. It’s a fantastic driving road …
Alfa drive day 3 – Blue Ridge Pkwy to Asheville
The Blue Ridge Parkway in the area North of Asheville was subject to some massive storms over the winter visible by the huge amount of tree limbs that littler the side of the highway. Work crews have been hard at …
Alfa drive day 4 – Asheville to Valdosta GA via Athens
Hardly enough time was available for all of what Asheville had to offer. The Biltmore estate will have to be seen at another time as many miles needed to be covered today and much of it via the interstate. After …
Alfa Drive Day 5 – Valdosta GA – Tarpon Springs FL and Palm Harbor.
City Hall in Valdosta is the nicest thing in that very small old town… The docks in Tarpon Springs seems to be best known for Greeks and sponges! The Ferrari dealer in Palm Harbor had quite a few nice vintage …
Snow, what is it go for? Absolutely nothing!
The weatherman was right for once in their prediction of a massive snowstorm. Here on the Eastern End of Long Island we got hit with almost 3 feet of it. After an entire day of shoveling (thanks to a non-fuctioning …
Micro Cars near Boston
Every year a bunch of crazy micro car owners gather in Brookline Mass to cause havoc with their little cars. This is the result. Links: http://bubbledrome.com/ Larz Andersen Museum: https://larzanderson.org/lawnevents/microcarclassic/
Big and Little
A wonderful Fiat 126 on it’s way to Mane. Based on the classic Fiat 500 this is the more “modern” version of that iconic car
Quiet, Nico is sleeping…
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