Arrival in Modena
IMG_1891, originally uploaded by larry_odebrecht.
After painfully learn that “ovest” is the Italian word for “west” and not the name of the rail platform that we were sitting on, we caught the next train from Bolognia to Modena.
Getting from Rome to Bolongia was an adventure in and of itself as I wrestled my way through the language barrier.
Rules of survival include: patience, a willingness to ask the same question of multiple people, and a positive attitude.
Modena is NOT the sleepy town that we had expected. Very busy and very full of life. We caught it at probably the craziest day of the year: Mille Miglia Vintage Car Rally – which (best we could tell) is a mix of the Daytona 500, Back to the 50s car show, and Mardi Gras. The town was packed with partying Italians.
The Mille Miglia was an open-road endurance race which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957 (thirteen before the war, eleven from 1947). It was banned after two fatal crashes and now is a car parade of sorts. The close proximity ofFerrari, Maserati, and Ducati make it very interesting. Tara shot this picture from the cab.
