DAY 3: Friday 4th July
The heat met us as we left the hotel and left for Bologna and we were relieved that we would be spending the majority of the day in our air conditioned car. The countryside isn’t very memorable from Quarto d’Altino to Bologna, but you know you have arrived as the crickets can be heard from within the car.
First stop was a small shopping centre for some ‘proper’ food. I had Pollo and palate and Graham had breaded veal. Not the best quality, but very welcome all the same. Then off to the hotel, with a grumpy manager and very stiff fire doors. The afternoon was spent in Maranello, near Modena, where the Ferrari Factory is situated. Everything in the town has some connection with Ferrari, on every street corner there are Ferrri posters and shops and once out of the car, we could hear the racing cars being run on a nearby racing track. We had hoped for a similar experience as the Ducati Factory in Bologna which we visited last year, but whereas everything was bright and red, it was all pretty modern with no cars earlier than 1950s (so I’m told). I took lots of photos, hoping that some would come out well as my little camera said that flash was required, but, I think I proved it wrong as generally I was quite pleased with the results. Strolling back to the car (it was too hot to ‘walk’), we met lots of workers coming home from the factory, all in their red uniform. Everything was red, red cars, red clothes, red hot!
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