Italian Out-Takes

And so we descended eventually into Ventimiglia, turned right, got lost among the routes barrieres and deviations, but finally found our way to familiar Menton, and then to the peage, and on past Nice to Antibes and our campsite for the next few days. A week or more later, I'm still saying buongiorno instead of bonjour, and grazie instead of merci.

Why Starbucks will not make it in Italy: even at the McD's in Rome you can get
a cappuccino and hot chocolate and 2 pastries for under 5E

Italian waste sorting has gotten quite complex

Click to enlarge and you will see that this is the shuttered Gluteno Market,
founded perhaps just a bit after glutens were pronounced unfit...words matter

Also perhaps not destined for a long shelf-life

One of the realities of longer-term travel is that eventually
you need to wash, and to choose which lavandaria, and to
document...

Well, it's better than simply leaving your baby in the
dumpster, as in the USA

Sic transit, Gloria

"Better a lion for one day than a sheep for 100 days"--Mussolini; at a stand at
the market at Arezzo

More my sentiment

Much to our disappointment, this turned out to be a Moonie parade; they've
really upgraded their act

Edible Last Supper?

For you, Tawana

Still processing this one...maybe as intended?

Street scene in Florence

Door handle to a laundry

Can't remember why I took this, but the image and colors still appeal

Still processing this one too

Why the Gluteno Market failed

Someone important once lived here, but we couldn't decipher...an instance of
the KISS principle

At the cafe at the Arena Chapel in Padua..."a coffee," 3 euros; "a coffee, please,"
2 euros, "good morning, may I have a coffee, please," 1,10 euro

Lago Maggiore garbage scow