Sardinia
Well here we are in Sardinia, much hotter than we expected for October and far fewer cars on the road. Driving seems quite ‘un-Italian’, it’s considerate, the horn is used only exceptionally and drivers are fairly courteous and stop for pedestrians. Actually I’ll rephrase that, completely un-Italian, although parking is interesting. Everywhere and anywhere sums it up. Double parked, diagonal into the pavement, on the pavement, in ,well the middle of the road and in the tiniest of gaps, they’re all here. I watched one woman in a gold medal performance get her car out of a gap that I would have put money on being less than the diagonal length of the vehicle. She must have had no more than a few inches either end, went back and forwards about ten times and to my amazement got out. Naturally we park with a big space just in case we get blocked. Mosquitoes are a bit of a problem but at least the island is now free of ...