13
Sep
2010
After dropping Paolo off at work I shifted over the left hand side of the car and drove his Chevrolet Matiz City Car towards Florence Centre. At least that’s what I thought. Paolo’s only instructions were ‘go straight’, which was far from useful.
It wasn’t so difficult to follow everyone else, but when I’d been driving for 20 mins and seeing signs for Trieste and Fiesole I felt like I was losing any sense of direction. My Italian isn’t great so I just kept driving till I saw something that looked familiar. It didn’t happen, so I turned off the road towards the area I thought had more people in it when I looked down the side road, drove for about 5 minutes, found a space and parked the car. I still had no idea where I was still so no idea how to get back so had to draw my route from the car, along with road names until I found a newsagents!! selling maps. Brilliant. By the luck of Thor I was just 5 minutes from the Old Palace….
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2 Comments.
Beautiful pictures Rich, really beautiful. Need to get back to Italia!
Damn right you do. I’m planning another trip for Paolo’s birthday on the 23rd May this year. I know you’re not in Europe much these days but Paolo reckoned you might be over for your birthday? Anyway, the Florence trip was good, but a real challenge – it’s hard to get an angle on the photos that isn’t just about snapping beautiful art like a tourist, hence the photos in the food market. Would have taken more but unfortunately it closed on me! I almost got locked in…