Ciao

By Colin McFadden
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First thing Thursday, we met up with friends at the Mostra Internazionale dell’Artigianato. Think massive art fair – 10 buildings, hundreds of vendors. Everything from flower pots made out of recycled soda bottles to fine jewelry and clothing. Plus food! And dogs! We were on a tight schedule, so only got to stay for a couple hours, but it was really fun.

We were on a tight schedule because Thursday was Vespa day! We did the Vespa tour with Walkabout Florence. After a short lesson, Stefano took us out into the Tuscan hills around Florence. There were four of us in the group, on three Vespas (Kat and I had our own), following Stefano in his Fiat 500. It was a total blast – going down tiny roads, through little villages, and seeing the amazing scenery of Tuscany.

At the end, we got a chance to chat with the other couple (a Dutch guy and a Malaysian born, residing-in-Brunei-but-dating-said-Dutch-Guy woman on a quick Italian road trip) over some cheese and meat at a nice little restaurant.

There was definitely a moment of “maybe we need matching Vespas” followed by a mutual “… but we don’t live in Tuscany …”

Oh to dream.

One thought on “Ciao

  • Susan McFadden May 3, 2014 at 9:56 pm Reply

    Very relieved to see the helmets! Love the picture of the two of you with Tuscan hills in the background.

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