Ferraris and Maseratis

On the way home from Cremona, we stopped in the town of Modena, famous for Ferraris, Maseratis and our favorite, balsamic vinegar.

We couldn't get any good pictures, but we waited in front of the Maserati factory and saw a bunch of brand new GranTurismos on their road tests.

The Ferrari factory is actually not in Modena, but in a town called Maranello (some guidebooks suggest that Maranello is a "suburb" of Modena, but the town is about 40 minutes south of Modena). They road test the cars on the back roads from Modena to Maranello, we passed many on the way to the factory.

There is also a Ferrari museum right down the street from the factory where they display all their road and competition cars.

Very pretty custom made Barchetta.


Alex had an awesome time at the museum.


Another pretty car.

Cremona

Alex had a road game in Cremona on Sunday so we stayed behind to explore the town made famous by Stradivarius.

The town is about an hour southeast of Milan and home to dozens of violin makers.

Alex gives Stradivarius two thumbs up!

Stradivarius is buried in the center of town, in Piazza Roma. He lived, worked and died in Cremona. There is a museum dedicated to his stringed instruments in town, but it's closed on Mondays, of course.

Duomo.


Front entrance of the duomo. Yeah, it's pretty huge.

The town torrazzo, considered the tallest campanile in Italy. The astronomical clock is the original one from 1583.

Upper half of the campanile.