La Suite Hotel Parma

... on something else, Anything else to make the pounding go away.

When we left the train station, due to the rain, Greg and his friends decided we were going to the mall to see some of Parmas finests offerings. I could do without the mall as I have no space to put anything that I may buy (sorry everyone, no sovenirs from this trip =) We peruse some stores, as these men trail off into different shops looking at price tags and admiring the sales ...

Saturday: We were going to go chestnut hunting! But first, we had lunch at Nonna's (gramma) and it felt very Thanksgiving-y. We sat at the fancy table, and there were 9 of us. The food was delicious, I had wine and champagne, and although the meal started with my usual sadness and feelings of "I wish I was with my family instead", by the end it was pretty fun. Then we went back home, grabbed a bunch of warm clothes and chestnut hunting gloves, and ...

... and who pretty much filled their compartment with their baggage. They were fun to watch. They were also going to Modena and had never been there before, so they kept asking us if the next stop was Modena.

Hotel Libert'a is very comfortable and right in the heart of Modena, just a couple blocks from the Duomo (main church) and amongst some very fine restaurants.

We wandered around town and agreed ...

... a good time for a degustazione and he whisked us upstairs into a hybrid dining room and temporary art gallery. Sat us down and asked us if we want some wine. We did so he brought out something local. It was a sparkling red, something niether of us had tried before and it was nice. So far so good. Then the meat and cheese came out. Five different varieties of pork products. Some lean some really ...

... then they actually take your cameras away from you before the tour begins... wow.)

The F1 engine tech's are busy assembling motors from plans that are covered up by workers once we, the tifosi, get to close. The F1 Body shop has 3 new stalls. These are the spots that the cars are race prepped, and repaired once the current race is run. One Stall for Alonso, one for Fisichella, and yes one for Massa ...

 

One the best adventures my husband and I have had, was in the Parma countryside.  After a madding late afternoon drive from Milan, we arrived at  Il Conte Giacomo, a fabulous B& B just
a few kilometers from Fiere Di Parma Convention Center. Owner and founder, Gian Marco Catelli greeted us with local wine and a plate of parmesan cheese which we enjoyed  by their pool that is surrounded by small fruit trees. What a relaxing way to end ...

... to Venice, then Florence, then Rome. Anyway, the daughter studied in Grenoble for a year and lived with a host family which is who they were visiting. In Chambery Challes I met another American couple, from LA, who were traveling their way across Europe as well. Jordan and Stephanie. They had been staying with a family in the mountains after Amsterdam and Paris. They were on their way to Torino and then some island. They had the railpass as well but in ...

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< br>Though it’s free of charge, not everyone can tour the Ferrari factory – there’s just the small matter of admission being limited to those who actually own one. But with Hoges the proud owner of a blue 1979 Ferrari 308 and a member of the Australian Ferrari Club, it had been a relatively straightforward process of cross-checking his chassis numbers and then setting a date to come ...

Bologna to Parma, May 18th I got up about 8:30am and after dressing had my breakfast in the hotel. They had a nice selection of food, although similar to the breakfast I had in Florence. Since my train didn't depart for Parma until 12:30pm, I had a little time to go out. I went to the Internet café to send out a message to my family and friends, and then walked around the market streets checking the food one last time. Bologna is certainly the ...

June 10, 2002

Back on the bus! This time to Italy!! We went to Pisa (and had pizza for lunch!) We saw the tower, of course, and the church. Got to shop in the souvenir shops and sit for awhile in the sun. Very peaceful day. I can tell I'm getting tired, because the travel journal entries are shorter and shorter!




We were in ...