Italian snippets

Every now and then I thought of something to write on my blog. Little snippets. So I made a list on an old receipt and you, lucky people, can now benefit from it.

To get to Florence we travelled upstairs on a double decker train. I've never seen one before!

On the train apropos of nothing Husband said, 'How do you spell algae?'
'A-l-g-a-e.'
'Thank you.'

It is incredibly painful having to walk past used and new bookshops. Just because it's pointless to go in and browse doesn't make it any easier.

In the cafe at the Uffizi I noticed this girl. A film star in the making?

I noticed - again - that I was the one who would always give way when walking through a crowd. I determined I wouldn't and nearly collided with a young girl as a result. We played chicken and she swerved at the last minute. Honestly, I am old; young people should give way to me.

The second campsite was the same age as me but had worn better.

You could have played Join the Dots on my legs with the number of bites I acquired.

Husband commented and I agreed that on coming into Italy there should be a sign saying, 'All our roads - except toll - are bendy and bumpy as well as prone to ice and leaping deer.' It would save no end of metal signage all over the country. 

And speaking of leaping deer I remarked to Husband that I wondered if anyone had ever seen a deer on any of the motorways. I had no sooner said that than we saw one: dead on the kerb. I will take those signs seriously in future.

We were in chianti country but as I don't drink and have never seen the film that was irrelevant to me. Apart from the very pretty scenery.