| During a recent vacation trip to Italy we took a train ride north to the city of Modena.
Modena, located between Milan and Bologna, isn't
noted for tourist attractions except for its proximity to the Ferrari Factory and Museum. And that was our quest today, visit the Ferrari
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The factory, museum and test grounds are located in the outskirts of Modena, making a car a necessity. We were lucky and a business
associate was able to take us to the Ferrari grounds.
The museum was designed with lots of red metal, natural light and open spaces. Entering is done through the gift shop, and then down
a few steps to the production car area.
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The 1949 Berlinetta 2+2, one of the oldest cars in the museum and one of the
few non-red cars in the whole place. There were other productions cars to drool over, but not a huge number. There were
a few dozen cars in the museum, but they represented the different eras of Ferrari history.
There were pictures, videos and models of the Ferrari factory production. One section of the museum, on the upper level, was dedicated to
Enzo Ferrari's life, this included pictures and memorabilia associated with him.
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One of the new models.
You have to happy with these.
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First view of the race cars.
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| In one section of the museum a glass cased pictorial wall told the story of the company's colorful race history with hundreds of pictures
and mementos in glass cases. Pictures of the drivers, race cards, clippings, helmets, driving suits and other memorabilia were displayed along
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This was a separate room with video clips.
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One of the older race cars.
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A guy can dream, can't he?
A very tight fit.
Yes, Raggedy Ann was there also!
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| Finishing up in the museum lead back to the gift shop and the small shop held many exquisite pieces as you might realize.
No bargains here, but some exclusive pieces and designs. It was very hard for me to resist the red leather luggage. If there is anything
better than leather luggage, it would have to be RED leather luggage. But a look at the price tag told me that perhaps if I could
afford a Ferrari, then I would be able to afford the luggage to go with it.
I did purchase the Ferrari Barbie, a Ferrari fountain pen and Ferrari tin. My son decided he needed the red terry cloth bathrobe with
a small embroidered Ferrari emblem.
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We're not done yet, now go to the Ferrari Test Track to see and hear the cars.
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