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September 8th 2014
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Ciao peeps. And welcome to what will be my last post for a while. Tomorrow, 303 days after leaving the UK I will arrive back in sunny old Bristol. It has been a good trip and an excellent adventure. In retrospect it has probably been a better trip than the first one. On this trip I had a better understanding what to expect, knew what I would enjoy and planned accordingly. Of course there have b... Read Full Entry



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Hello! Thank you for looking at my blog. I wouldn't normally blog, but I am told it is the thing to do these days. Cheerio! John... full info
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Switzerland is astonishing.
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Andy, sat on a lambswool rug, planning my next road.
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Nothing screams holiday like a ride on a cable car.
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Baby Lucas decided, after studying the map, that the San Bernadino pass would be the most exciting route back into Italy.
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On the way I popped in to Lichtenstein, for no other reason than to say that I had been to Lichtenstein.
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And so, San Bernardino was conquered.
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I am going to try my best not to post thousands of pictures of cars. I will try.
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Oh Italy, only you....
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The Lamborghini museum.
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This is the modern day interpretation of the Lamborghini Miura, considered the first true supercar.
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I love Lamborghinis sense of humour.
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Funnily the Ferrari Museum on Modena was being used to display Maserati cars. But fear not, there are two museums, one in Modena and one in Maranello.
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I wonder what this chap found so interesting about the underside of this old Maserati..
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To you this is an open window, to me it is an opportunity to stick my head in and savour the aroma of Italian leather and motor oil. I once bought an expensive air freshener that promised my car would smell of a circa 1950's Rolls Royce.
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This is Enzo Ferraris original office.
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"Oh Dad, must we visit yet another Car Museum?" "Yes Kids, yes we must".
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This is the house Enzo was born in and he eventually sold at the age of 20 to fund the production of his first sports car.
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The highlight by far was this, the Pagani Huayra. Pagani is a newcomer to the Hypercar game, introducing its first car the Zonda in 1999.
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The Zonda was not a beautiful car (for me) but this new Huayra really is. You really need to see it in the flesh.
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The side mirrors are designed to look like a womans eye or something. Oh Italy.
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This is a great view. It just seems more resolved than the Zonda. More....complete.



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