ossobuco wrote:<I want to hear about the maniacal drivers in Florence squaring up... I am an italy anecdote maven, speaking of maniacal. I know this sounds... odd, but it is a rich interest.>
Two cyclists it was. Well, we had admired, for the second time that day, the magnificent Duomo in Florence, and leaving the Piazza della Signoria behind we were walking past its multi-coloured marble magnificence to the rear, and there at the street crossroads behind the cathedral two men had stopped their bicycles and were shouting at each other and waving their arms in that Italian way. We did not see the incident which led to the altercation- I think one had cut in front of the other, not giving enough room to pass or something.
We watched at a respectful, half-embarrassed distance, and after a longish while, one gave a final dismissive gesture and cycled off. The other thought of something else to say, and shouted after him, wanting to prolong the argument, but that was the end of it.