Monday, March 14, 2005
Firenze III
Busy with tourists. Firenze maxes out with people as the holiday season gets busy, and we had a quite taster of what this was when the queue to the Uffizi got long. Football stadium size. The bridges were quickly deluged with people wandering aimlessly, and I started to dislike it. So we jumped on the bus and headed out to Fiesole. Fiesole is a smaller, older village that is up on the hills 4 miles outside Florence. A welcome break from the bustle of the main town, with some excellent, although fogged over views of the city.
Curious tales:
Walking through the streets at night, between bars, some random guy tapped HP on the shoulder, articulated a sexual position by means of a charade, and then raised his hands questioning whether or not she was interested. Sadly, she chose to pass on exploring this aspect of Florentine culture.
We managed to find a man selling kebabs at 4am, which were reasonably tasty, especially since they embedded the chips within the kebab. Some grease with your lard, sir?
I ran into some chick on the 3rd day who said "I REMEMBER YOU!!! - you were the guy who was talking to me 2 days ago about the death of post-modern style in contemporary British fiction"
Embarrassing stuff. Especially given how the fact that I had no recollection of the conversation, and only remembered her as some woman that hung out with Alaskan dude.
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