Saturday, October 3, 2009

Mille Miglia - Italy's Road Rally

May 2009...

At Silvana's enthusiastic recommendation, Cynthia, Priscilla and Trish head to town to await the arrival of the cars participating in the Mille Miglia (1000 Miles) an auto rally that wends its way from Brescia to Rome and back, touring some of the most glorious landscape in Italy. Once a grueling and dangerous race, it now pays homage to the auto rally tradition at a more relaxed pace, giving the public a chance to revel in the passing cavalcade of vintage vehicles. This year, it's rolling right through Radicofani.

According to information on the rally's official website, this year's rally travels "clockwise in a circle on the fabled Mille Miglia roads crossing seven regions: Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia Romagna, the Marche, Umbria and Lazio on the way down, adding Tuscany on the way back."

Would love to add our Ford diesel to the parade, but then there are all those hill stops and starts. Maybe next year...

Interested in the Mille Miglia? Go to the official website
www.1000miglia.eu/inglese/.../disposizioni_generali.html

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