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Galleria Ferrari

Today began at 830 missing the train at Santa Maria Novella Train Station. Luckily we caught a High-Speed Train to Bologne a half hour later. Arriving in Bologne, Tom and i realized we needed to catch another train to Modena which ended up leaving 45 minutes later and took a half hour to arrive at the Stazione in Modena. From here we caught a free bus to another bus station which had buses to the Galleria Ferrari. Keep in mind we did this speaking Italian in almost every exchange and everytime we needed directions. And we had no maps. We did however finally make it to Maranello after what seemed like the craziest sequence of events. Tom, who had dreamt of this day for his entire life, took the opportunity to test drive the sleek Ferrari F430. We then wandered the museum marvelling at the engineering genius which has made the Ferrari into the rocketship we know today. 

Once leaving the museum our adventure reversed direction. This trip was delayed by a number of short layovers at train stations but was much easier the second time around. We did meet a number of interesting people along the way including a Brazilian man who spoke as little Italiano as i do, a group of Spanish or Italian girls who laughed when i said "non capito", and Tonya who i believe is an actual Florentine. In general this trip was a huge success. Not only in the sense that we made it to where we wanted but also in the sense that we got to practice speaking Italian and travelling in a quick and efficient manner. I am now very tired though.