Florence: Logistics
Sep. 30th, 2008 02:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackThe travel was occasionally difficult, but entirely successful. In Florence, they threw a special weekend holiday when all the museums were free.
People were nice and helpful to occasionally stressed foreigners[1]. The train from Pisa to Florence cost <£5 and went through pretty Italian scenery. Florence and Pisa are small enough you can typically just wander round them with no more thought of transport.
Although one tourist guide company had the notable innovation of offering tours on Segways! I can see the point, if you want to move around over pedestrian areas, but for longer than you'd be comfortable walking. But still, it just seems to be taking the oblivious tourist meme to the extreme.
[1] I loved the coach driver coming back from Luton. "Are you the coach for Cambridge?" "Yes. Have you got a ticket?" "Yes." "I love it when things work out like that."
People were nice and helpful to occasionally stressed foreigners[1]. The train from Pisa to Florence cost <£5 and went through pretty Italian scenery. Florence and Pisa are small enough you can typically just wander round them with no more thought of transport.
Although one tourist guide company had the notable innovation of offering tours on Segways! I can see the point, if you want to move around over pedestrian areas, but for longer than you'd be comfortable walking. But still, it just seems to be taking the oblivious tourist meme to the extreme.
[1] I loved the coach driver coming back from Luton. "Are you the coach for Cambridge?" "Yes. Have you got a ticket?" "Yes." "I love it when things work out like that."