[alfa] Re: more Italy thoughts

[Joe Elliott <jee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

George wasn't the first to point out to me that the Righini museum 
isn't in San Marino, as I previously thought, but in the countryside 
north of Modena--I emailed info@domain.elided and got a very 
prompt reply in English including a map attached to the e-mail. 
Apparently normal operating hours for them are 9:00PM-12:00AM on 
Fridays only, but Lorenzo (the individual who signed the e-mail) said 
I could make an appointment for another time.  In my response I asked 
for Tuesday evening, but I haven't heard back yet.

I've got the address and phone number of the Stanguellini museum 
(which isn't just Stanguellinis, right?), I have an Italian-speaking 
friend who promised to call them for me sometime today or tomorrow to 
find out if I actually need an appointment, or if I can just show up 
during business hours--George, what was your experience there?

-Joe

At 3:12 PM +0000 3/3/04, alfa-digest wrote:

> Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 22:49:48 -0800
> From: George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>
> Subject: [alfa] Re: more Italy thoughts
>
> I tried to visit the Righini collection. It's on the Via Nino Bixio in
> an old castle outside of  the town of Castelfranco Emilia.
> Unfortunately, it seems that there's no one there - ever. You have to
> call the guy who runs the museum, he's located in Bologna, I
> understand. His telephone number is +39.057.733.169. I was never able
> to get anybody to answer that line. If you do get to visit the museum,
> there is a small trattoria right across the street from the castle,
> (this is out in the country, sort of in the middle of nowhere). Try to
> have lunch there, The food is splendid. I thought that the people who
> ran the museum, would naturally be AT the museum during business hours.
> I thought wrong. The lady who ran the trattoria explained to me that
> one has to make an appointment and someone would meet me at the museum
> at the appointed hour. Since I was never able to reach anybody by
> phone, I never got to see any more than the outside of the castle.
> Here's hoping you have better luck. Don't miss the Stenguellini
> collection on the Via Emilia in Modena. It's behind the Fiat
> dealership, you can't miss it.
>
> George Graves
> '86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 2, 2004, at 9:39 PM, alfa-digest wrote:
>
> >  Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 21:57:25 -0500
> >  From: Joe Elliott <jee@domain.elided>
> >  Subject: [alfa] more Italy thoughts
> >
> >  Have any digesters every been to the "Marnello Rosso" Ferrari museum
> >  between Rimini and San Marino?  What about the Righini collection in
> >  (?) San Marino?
> >
> >  Thanks again,
>  > Joe
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