6th Flickr folder, 6th photograph...write about it.
This was on our trip to Italy in November 2008. We were taken by bus between Venice and Florence, with a stop in Padua. This was pretty much just after arrival in town, and I was surprised to see so much security there. We were marching along like a school trip, trying to stay as a group, but at the same time I was trying to see things that looked new or different to me and record them. It's a wonder I didn't fall down in the street. (ok, full disclosure - I think I did trip on occasion but I never hit the ground!) Bicycles, graffitti, security - yes, we have that too but it looked so different there in Italy.
The two smaller cities that we sampled - Padua and Orvietto - were really places that were so comfortable and so - ordinary. Ordinary in only the way that an Italian city can be ordinary! la Bella Figura reigns everywhere. I loved this little glimpse into day to day life.
