Upon hearing many high-pitched honks and a few angry voices we opened the window to see a scene of chaos on the street below. A car a bit down the street wasn't moving and there was a huge line of cars behind it. We watched as people began getting out of their cars and pacing around. One man began to take charge and started a movement of people to back down the tiny street, one by one, inching back, "va' va' va'." Just as this was getting going, the car in front finally began to move and so everyone got back into their cars and hurried off.
A minute later we heard honking commence a little ways down the street.
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A long letter home.
Yours truly,
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3 comments:
Va,va,va! Ha, Ha, Ha! Maybe if they had some of your fudge they wouldn't be so cranky?!
I'd be pretty cranky too if someone was stopped for so long on the street for no reason and holding me and tons of other people up.
I remember the trips on the tour bus around the hairpin tours of the Amalfi Coast, and the several times that the driver had to stop and traffic had to be directed by everyone in the area to get it moving again. Same in Ireland that time we met an oncoming bus and the two had to inch for about 10 minutes to pass with a finger's spread between them. It's a good thing they have mini-movers and other mass transit given the width of the roads and those crazy drivers!
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