This weekend we picked up a last minute catering event in Spoleto. Leaving the restaurant, the only information I had was how many people, and what we were serving. I had no idea that I was going to be surrounded by swarming motorcycles, go-carts, classic cars and Ferraris for two days. My thoughts immediately went to my brother who is the car enthusiast in the family. Among all of the old Fiats, Alfa Romeos, Ferraris, and motorcycles, there was one lone American representative...a 1970 Pontiac Firebird Formula 400. I mean, after all you can't really have a car show without some good old fashioned American muscle.
On Saturday, go-carts and classic motorcycles raced around a closed off section of the city for a couple of hours followed by a couple of laps made by the classic cars. Sunday was all about the Ferraris. Super cool. I've never seen so many in one place. Classics all the way up to last years limited edition model.
There were signs all over town saying "La Sagra Della Lumaca" (The Festival of the Snail) After thinking about it for a bit I thought that it was a type of joke to call it the festival of the snail and then have all of these fast cars and bikes zooming around. I mentioned this to Spera who informed me that that was another unrelated festival that takes place every year where they cook and eat snails and slugs. I'm kind of sad that I missed out because even though I have eaten snails before, and they were not my favorite thing in the world, it is always interesting to see the local festivals, and you never know, maybe this time I would love them(I have some texture issues)
The food went over well. It was really a lot more like a picnic. Really casual and really easy.
