[DeTomaso] Leaving Italy....

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

Hi guys,

It's super, duper crazy hot here in Italy.  Lots of humidity too, like 
Houston in the summer.  

Today's big event was a car display in the middle of the main square in 
downtown Modena.  We drove through the streets and through narrow cobblestone 
streets normally closed to cars, and then arranged the cars in the town 
square.  There were about 75 cars, really cool!

Charlie McCall found a way to sneak past some barriers, and so we climbed a 
scaffolding on the side of a church and climbed the scaffolding, up about 
eight stories to the roof, and shot some great photos. :>)

After the car display, we had a police escort through the city, back to one 
of the event hotels, where they laid on a big farewell luncheon.  People 
started driving away, and finally it was time to leave.

Geoff went by himself, as his girlfriend had been around the Panteras all 
week but had never been inside one.  So even though it was like a sauna, she 
rode with me.  We had several toll booths to contend with, and each time, 
she would jump out of the car, run to the booth, pay both tolls for us, then 
jump back in (because the cars are right hand drive so we'd have to climb out 
each time otherwise).

We finally left the scorching plains and climbed up into the alps, and 
stopped for the night at Aosta, an old medieval city.  We're in a little hotel 
perched on the side of a hill, and rather than driving into the center of 
town, we're just going into the next village up the mountain for dinner.

Tomorrow we will probably have a long, full day and drive to Stephane and 
Michelle Bergeron's house outside Paris. :>)

Okay, time for another spectacular dinner.   I'll have more details, photos 
etc. tomorrow from Paris. :>)

Mike



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