Alfa Museo

[Doug Gould <wdgould@domain.elided>]

I have just returned from Italy. Before I went I posted a message on the 
digest asking for advice on how to get to the Museo. I was grateful to 
receive no less than 10 replies, a couple of which were very detailed and 
included train & bus numbers, etc.

For the record, here's how to get there from Milano. Take the M1 
underground to QT8 station, then walk outside and catch the 213 bus whose 
last stop is Alfa Romeo. The bus station is beside a park about 50m from 
the station. You buy tickets from the newsstands and its all pretty 
straightforward. The return buses seem to be less frequent than those going 
there and seem to be geared to shift ends for the factory. There is 
certainly a returning bus at 5:30pm and from memory one at 3:30pm. It would 
pay to plan your visit to coincide with the return bus timetable.

The museum is open Monday to Friday, but unfortunately I misread this 
somehow and I went on Saturday. I arrived at Alfa Romeo to find a guard in 
the guard house whose only English seemed to be "Museo shut". So I was 
standing at the guard house trying to figure out what to do next, when a 
whole lot of Giulia's and other old Alfa's started turning up. Eventually, 
I found a driver who could speak English and was able to learn that the 
Resistar Italiano Alfa Romeo was meeting there to celebrate the fortieth 
anniversary of the Giulia. Once I explained that I owned 2 Alfa's, I was 
invited in and discovered that the Museum had been especially opened for 
the Register. So, I had a great couple of hours in the Museo with the (Rome 
based) Italian Register and yet again was astounded at the camaraderie that 
exists between Alfa owners.

One of the emails that I received with directions to the Museo was from 
Mark Mathews who repeated about 10 times that everyone is friendly in Italy 
and he is certainly right. I would encourage anyone going anywhere near 
Milano to look in at the Alfa Museum.

Doug Gould
Melbourne, Australia
1985 White GTV6
1991 Blue 164L
1959 Blue VW Beetle (From Grandma's estate - 43,000 miles)
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