I was always taught as a child that if ever I was lost, I should ask a policeman for directions.
As we rode into Alessandria we weren't technically lost, but after our desperate experience in Dusseldorf a week earlier, we decided we didn't want to get lost - and so we asked a policeman how to get to the railway station.
"me dispiache, non parle italiano" I said to the policeman "parle inglese?
He shook his head. I pointed at the Autozug location map strapped over the top of my front luggage bundle.
He started to explain directions in Italian but reading my pathetic blank expression, paused and said "come", climbed into his police car and beckoned for us to follow. We dutifully complied and got ourselves a police escort across town directly to the door of the train station!
The question now is; would this policeman have done the same if we weren't riding a couple of old Vespa?
Has to be the Vespas Tim....your pathetic, blank expression has never worked on previous holiday breaks.
ReplyDeleteYes, if your a blond wearing a short skirt in an open car. I should stick to the old Vespa if I were you, it seems to work
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