Last night we went into Florence for dinner. We headed out to take the bus into town like we normally do, but when we got to the bus stop we noticed that the schedule was different. And then we noticed that the stop listing was different. Nonetheless, we got on, since we knew it was still going to go downtown.
Once we crossed the river into the downtown area, it was like entering the backwards world. All of a sudden, half the streets we knew like the back of our hands by this point had changed, with one-ways flipping directions, and others being closed to auto traffic completely. Confused as we were, we still managed to get off at the correct stop and make our way to dinner.
Imagine if they did this in New York City. "No news to report this morning, but oh, hey, 5th Avenue now goes north, and 57th street is now pedestrian only." Maybe it's just because we were travelling last week, but we never saw any notice that this was going to happen.
It's an interesting parallel to our Italian adventure. One goal we had in coming here was to push ourselves a bit, to break out of our comfort zone. We knew the directions of all the streets back home, and taking this journey turned everything backwards. But, of course, soon enough we'll be familiar with the new directions our lives are taking, and everything will be familiar again.
Only two more weeks until we head home.
Arrivederci!
Ricardo
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