Viva Ferrari!

What started as a quiet Wednesday morning and afternoon, ended up being an amazing and out of this world night!  Today I was just hanging around the house and going to Gregorio's tennis match.  After the match Alfredo asked me if I wanted to go see a Ferrari.  In my head I was like, "What's the big deal about a Ferrari? You showed me one last summer, and we rode in it to get pizza."  I said I would go, and then he went on to explain that it was a grand opening of a new Ferrari dealership in Ancona, Italy.  That's when it got big!

After the tennis match that Gregorio won, we zoomed back to the house in Alfredo's porsche to get showered and ready.  Gregorio isn't big into cars, so he stayed home with Michela.  Meanwhile, Alfredo and I along with his cousin raced on up to Ancona.  There we found the Ferrari and Maserati dealership.

Ferrari and Maserati Dealership

In order to get into the dealership for the event you had to be on the guest list.  Lucky me, I knew someone who was on the guest list.  You walked into the dealership and the place was lined with Ferraris.  People who owned the Ferraris and Maserati's were asked to park them along the dealership to allow guests to see them.  I wasn't a big car person, but I guess you can say after this event, I am definitely into high end cars!

Alfredo and his cousin admiring the cars

Look at the poor people behind the fence that weren't on the guest list :(

There was a red carpet that led you into the dealership where models were being shown.  Wine and appetizers were being served to all the guests.  In the entrance of the dealership was the covered new Ferrari that was going to be unveiled.  We arrived about 8 pm and we walked around to look at the Ferraris until the President of Ferrari, Luca Cordero, arrived.  He entered while photographers were snapping pictures and news cameras were rolling.  He gave a welcome speech, and then he unveiled the new Ferrari.

Veiled New Ferrari

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, President of Ferrari

Speech before the unveiling

Luca showing off the new Ferrari

It was neat to have a real Ferrari experience.  This was my second experience as my first experience was last summer when I got to ride in one!  I am starting to think that I am either going to have to marry really rich or start saving a lot of money, so I can buy a Ferrari!

As Luca said at the end of his speech, "Viva Ferrari!"