No, this is not what you think. Not irresponsible, not a recommendation, but separately, and carefully, ….fun! Read on:
If you’ve been following this blog you know that we rented an incredible apartment and walked everywhere. And some places we walked to……sold wine. Mmmm. The nice, no the great thing about Italian wine is it doesn’t make you feel all stuffy, and sneezy like some wines do. Here are some of the yummy and quite affordable finds we tasted. The first is our favorite.
How, I ask is it possible to resist Cupid? Yummy!
Piccini? Why that sounds close to Porcini, as in the mushroom so they must go well together. And indeed they did!
All of these wines were quite delicious. Don’t you think it’s a little odd that each bottle leans just a bit? Wonder if it was the photographer! Anyway, we have found some of these here at home. I think I like the prices better in Florence though!
Now we come to some of the fun vechicles we thought you might enjoy. The first is for our pals at UPS.
Now we’ll start by size and weight, I think. Anyway……..
We did see some fine people (although not many) on these. And once we saw two young men on one segway towing a second segway. It looked a lot easier and safer than towing a car, especially in the narrow streets.
I love this shot. Between the scooters, motorcycles, a few bikes, and even the shadow. Most were so sleek and shiny.
Another favorite – there are three shots of this. I especially love the handicap placard in the front dash! But it gets better!
How versatile is this little guy? See the figure in black at the far end of the right side? If it breaks down, there is another mode of transportation?
So it’s a three wheeler. (I wasn’t sure about protocol so I altered the license plate just to be safe). But how cute is this little guy? But wait, there’s more!
I suppose I should have found out more about these vehicles. We think this model is electric. I like the color. And for some odd reason (maybe because I’m odd the seat belts cracked me up. This little guy was time. But a great solution for the area, nicer when it rains, that’s a plus, not to mention the energy savings if it is indeed a non petrol vehicle.
So that it for our drinking and driving post. Do not do these on the same day. My advice is to walk around, take photo’s that make you happy, stop by the store to pick up a little vino, go home, eat, sip, and review your day on your computer. Unless you use film – you’ll have to wait, so just watch Italian TV. The commercials are great!
Ciao! DJ*
Extra Virgin In Italia 
Love those little cars and the scooters…. sigh. Wish they’d catch on here. Am going looking for Italian wines next week. Thanks for the recommendations!
Thank you so much! Salute! DJ*
Hello! I’ve been following your blog for a while now and finally got the courage to go ahead and give you a shout out from Austin Tx! Just wanted to mention keep up the excellent job!
Thank you so much! We hope that others will give us comments and input on how to improve the writing, the pictures, and well, just everything. We are new to this and find it very rewarding, especially when we get comments. So thank you, spread the word, and keep on commenting! We love our readers and hope to keep on delighting people. Blogging has introduced us to a variety of other bloggers who are amazing, we could probably blog on bloggers but we are not reviewers. We love sharing, and we have a few more ideas. But we still have so much more on Italy…..yikes! We hope you stay with us! Again, thank you! Ciao, DJ*