The Weather is Weird

The weather has been strange lately. It's cloudy today, and it's been a little breezy the last few days. It seems like most buildings in Milan have shutters, some wood, but mostly these drop down metal shutters. Lots of people closed their shutters for the breeze! It was nothing compared to the regular breezes in Boston, San Francisco, or London. I was a little surprised how everyone acted like the wind was going to blow stuff into their windows....

I still have a ton of vacation photos, so bear with me. On Friday the 17th, Ross and I went to the Milano Autoclassico at Rho Fiera. It was pretty fun, but exhausting! Here's Ross getting all excited to start in at the fair!



There were a mix of exhibitors. A few museums had cars there, a few car companies, parts companies and suppliers, collectors, and dealers. This fish Fiat below was part of a really good club exhibit.



The Ferrari Museum had some great stuff, like old race cars. One of the parts suppliers had an old Ferrari race boat.



I thought this car had a fishy look, too. There were a lot of weird cars. There were a whole bunch of these type of car where the front of the vehicle opens...



See, here's one open. Weird concept, right?



I saw a fair number of dune buggies, as well. I liked this one for its bright color, but another cute one I saw had wicker seats!



This fire engine was another invited guest car at the show. The pump bit on the front gives the car a kind of steampunk-Cthulhu-insectoid appearance.



After a few hours of looking at cars, we met up with my landlord's wife for a coffee. She works at the fair, and we just wanted to say hi! After, we swung through the European SCUBA Expo, in another of the fair buildings. Again, a wide variety of exhibitors, from dive shops and resorts, to equipment manufacturers, to the Italian Maritime Museum, which was exhibiting ship models and deep dive gear.



The fair is just so huge! There are 20 buildings, a few of which are double-decker, and a few extra offices and outbuildings, and outdoor spaces. The auto show was in two buildings, the scuba show in just one. There was another show on at the same time, an advertising show, in 6 buildings... Seriously, this is a lot of fair space!