After a night of ferocious thunderstorms perfect weather awaited us today for our voyage around the lake via ferry. The lake ride itself was quite beautiful but the stops in the various villages was only marred by the throng of …
Brescia Italy – The Mille Miglia Museum
This great museum, dedicated to the historic Italian rally, has been open to the public since 10th November 2004, has been conceived to meet the need for historical record to the Mille Miglia, Brescia’s legendary car race. Set in the …
Alfa Romeo Centennial Planning – Balocco
June 23-25 2009 Alfa Romeo Incorporated (ARI) contacted Alfa Romeo Owners Clubs (AROC) around the world to seek help planning the upcoming 100th anniversary celebration in 2010. They wanted to have a world-wide centennial celebration based in Milan and invited …
Alfa Romeo Centennial Planning – Alfa Museum
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.