As we ended our time in Italy, we decided to save one of the biggest crowd pleasers for last. Repeating what we did the last time we were in Italy, my family and I drove to Modena on our way from Florence to Torino and made a long stop at the Ferrari Factory on the way. I personally hate stopping on ‘road trips’ because I like to get to places fast without any interruptions. However, this time I was willing to make an exception. It came to our attention that the Ferrari Factory was holding a special exhibit for the 100th anniversary of Maserati. The Maserati exhibit was held at Enzo Ferrari’s (the inventor of Ferraris) house. This was quite the experience! The exhibit had two parts to it: One part was a huge uniquely shaped building holding about 20 Maserati’s, each one a different year and style and the other part was Enzo’s house connected to a garage that was his fathers workshop. Although, there were some very interesting things that I learned as far as Enzo and his life.
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| The classic California T |
1. In a room of his house are pictures of Enzo and his father. When you look around in the room you will notice that there are purple lights lining the walls all along the floor. This is interesting because there was a reason for those lights being purple. It was explained that back when Enzo’s father would write letters to people, before typing it out on a typewriter, he would first hand write it on the back of envelopes in ink. When those old letters would get wet the ink would bleed and turn into this beautiful purple color. When Enzo’s father died he started a tradition of signing everything in a purple pen in memory of his father.
2. The second interesting thing I learned was why a horse is the main symbol on Ferrari’s logo. Enzo had a friend who raced horses for quite some time. In the midst of designing cars, Enzo was speaking with this friend’s Mother who said “Enzo, why don’t you start putting my son’s prancing horse on your car? It will bring you good luck.”. Thus, creating the Ferrari logo. As for the colors, the green, white, and red stripes represent the Italian flag. As for the yellow background, even though it is not the most appealing color, it is the color of Modena, the city he is from and the home of the Ferrari invention itself.
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When we were finished with Enzo's house we drove about 10 minutes to the actual Ferrari factory where we saw one of every Ferrari models ever made.
When we were finished with Enzo's house we drove about 10 minutes to the actual Ferrari factory where we saw one of every Ferrari models ever made.
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| 1938 Maserati Tipo 8CTF- This specific model won two Indy-500s |
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| I will never get sick of this view |
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| View from the train |
Not much has gotten done within these first two days. However, our family was completed this morning when my sister Grace finally arrived here from Phoenix, Arizona. Although, unfortunately her luggage did not arrive with her… so of course that led to quite the interesting morning. Yet, all is well and figured out. Yesterday just consisted of us adjusting to our surroundings and resting up. As for today we walked around Paris and explored some cool shops (and bakeries…. Of Course!) over the course of about 7 miles. Tomorrow is when the real fun starts. The agenda as of right now consists of possibly visiting the Picpus Cemetery where Lafayette is buried, as well as a 3 hour long Segway tour. We went on a Segway tour at night 6 years ago when we were here and it was the highlight of my trip, so you can say there are some pretty high expectations for tomorrow. Of course, either way I’m sure it will be incredible. How bad can it be? It’s Paris! I’ll make sure to post tomorrow with pictures from the tour. Until then, Adieu!
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| Outside of one of the most famous butcher shops in the world |
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