Today was the final day of the show, and this will be my last “on site” post until I get back home.
Have I mentioned the food yet? I’ve long espoused that there are no bad meals in Italy. Last night I had pizza for dinner for the first time, and of course it was great. When you order pizza, you get a small personal pie, thin crust, rather easy for one person to devour. A beer helped wash it down.
To close out the show, I swept through several buildings where I felt I had not spent enough time earlier. I was especially interested in revisiting some of the cars for sale, to check on asking prices. I thought there were some deals to be had, however, an American would also need to factor in shipping costs.
Up until today, 100% of my focus had been Italian cars. Today I documented vehicles from other countries, represented either by their manufacturers or by clubs.
The show was crowded again today, with very long lines at all the lunch counters. I strolled away from the crowds, and came across this vendor selling a fixed price lunch for €10. I had my choice of a sandwich or rice ball, a dessert, and a bottle of water. It all was great of course!
Aside from meals, I had not spent any money on merchandise, so I fixed that by picking up a couple of books and a couple of t-shirts. I was quite happy with what I was able to find.
Once I get home and recover from this trip, I’ll post a more thorough report, which will include many more photos. Stay tuned!
richardscarblog 
Hey Richard, great stuff!
Inquiring minds want to know… as far as the lunch, did you go full Sicilian with the arancino and a cannolo?
Fun fact: in western Sicily those rice balls are considered feminine and so are called an arancina (arancine plural). In the eastern part they are considered masculine; hence arancino (arancini if plural).
Who knows why?
Ciao for now,
John
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Hi John, I had a rice ball and a sfogliata. Both my mother and grandmother made rice balls. Funny story: when I would bring my lunch with me to high school, my mom would sometimes pack rice balls. I would open up my lunch in the cafeteria, and our classmates would fall down in hysterics at the idea of “rice balls” (think of how a 15-year-old boy would react to such a term 🤣).
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Knowing us (and our friends) at that age it certainly would’ve had gotten some hilarious reactions! LOL
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Those look like some nice books to bring home as souvenirs!
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I’m extremely pleased with these, for two reasons. One is they are impossible to find in the states, and two, they are in Italian, which will help me continue my learning of the language!
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Two birds with one stone. Nice!
Get fluent enough that your next visit is even more fun!!!
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Continuo a studiare, grazie mille!
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