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Posted: Tue 18:39, 20 Aug 2013 Post subject: La Dolce Vespa-spun3 |
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La Dolce Vespa
When Katherine hepburn hopped onto a Vespa with Gregory Peck in "Roman Holiday," she landed in the police station. Still, the image of the prim princess on the two-wheeled scooter, freed from society's restraints,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], etched itself in my mind. I, too,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], wanted to tool round the ancient streets on a Vespa, just like the snooping journalist Paparazzo did in "La Dolce Vita."
Before graduating to 2 wheels while visiting Rome, I'd to find my way on two feet. I attempted to cross peak boulevard while watching fascist-conceived Olympic Stadium, where preparations were underway for your night's soccer game of Roma vs. Milan with David Beckham.
"It's even safer to cross in the zebra stripes if the drivers hit you, they pay double," I used to be relayed through my pal Giovanni, however the traffic wasn't slowing.
A Roman woman saw my fear of being flattened and advised me,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], "The best way to get across the road would be to cross with arrogance. Behave like you do not begin to see the cars,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and they will avoid you." We entered into the traffic together, and also the type of Fiats respectfully let's through.
Once we ignored the impatient drivers, she talked politics: "In Italy we have Berlusconi, but I'm very happy for the President Obama. We all need to obtain along, all races, all colors. Love your neighbor -- but I can't stand the Milanesi! The people from Milano just work all the time and are impatient and pushy. They don't know how to have fun."
About the bus . to the market
I soon advanced to taking the buses and trams, but the guidance of my Roman friend Giuseppe again rang through my ears: "Never pay about the bus; people will know you're a tourist." Still, I purchased a ticket at a newsstand in case I had to validate it going to the Porta Portese flea market in Trastevere, but I heeded Giuseppe's lesson that "you only have to pay at the end from the month. The ticket controllers will block both doors, so you are trapped. That's why waiting through the machine to validate your ticket, after which punch it if you see check in controllers hop on."
The tram left me near the sprawling Sunday morning flea market, where vendors hawked everything from moth-eaten Mussolini paraphernalia to odd-sized patent leather shoes. A merchant selling Rolex watches dipped them in tumblers of water to show that they're authentic waterproof originals, despite the "Made in China" inscribed about the back. She was bored and monotonously drummed up business by chanting,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], "We've gone crazy! Look, we're giving everything away."
I chosen a stand selling knockoff soccer jerseys that simply cost $150 for that real thing. With huge sales at every stand, I hoped for a deal after i held up an additional small soccer shirt of a Milanese team for my 5-year-old son. The vendor squinted his eyes and looked me up and down: No discount for me personally.
Two wheels within the Eternal City
As the Colosseum may be the symbol of Rome,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the scooter has become a symbol of Italy -- together with pizza, pasta and also the Leaning Tower. The designer from the original Vespa,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Corradino d'Ascanio, boasted within the 1950s that "the Vespa will invariably seem like it does. Even if it's atomic-powered and riding about the moon."
A buddy lent me her scooter to relive Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn's famous voyage, but the cars nearly clipped me, allowing a good inch of space on either side of the handlebars. I had been shaking in fear by the time I ended in the Pantheon and put the scooter on its kickstand.
I copied how other scooterists drove across the busy road next to the Tiber River. They lined up in the stoplight as though it were a race. Once the light in the other direction turned yellow, they gunned it, hoping no stray driver from the other way would run a red. Soon the cars passed the putt-putts and lined up at the next stoplight. The scooters filtered with the waiting cars and hang on the starting line for the entire process to start again.
Thinking I could participate in the best, I wove through the cars and immediately bashed a classic Lancia's side mirror. The driver honked and yelled at me when i struggled to stop my scooter. I had shattered his mirror, but he was so surprised which i actually pulled over to apologize and measure the damage he just laughed. MILAN
Pizza time! I had been staying close to the Via Veneto -- where Dolce Vita's journalist (Marcello Mastroianni) cruised in his Alfa Romeo Spider and Paparazzo on his Vespa -- and headed to the best pizzeria,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Brancaleone, several blocks away.
Inside,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the Roma-Milan soccer game was projected with an enormous screen as most diners positioned their chairs for any good view. Young men ignored their gorgeous dates, incapable of keeping their eyes off the game. Each Roman goal ended with raucous shouts and another round of beer.
The match finished inside a tie, so no massive celebrations would rock the streets,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], nor would angry Roma supporters search out Milan fans.
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