The bad weather cut short my Sunday afternoon walk, but I caught these telling signs of a strong wind.
From the windows of my mom's, I shot this interesting way of parking, not unusual around here.
If anyone wonders why the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall doesn't cut any ice in Livorno...More Walks
The last part is interesting and saddening. From a brief visit to Pisa some years back I recall seeing the hammer and sickle of the Soviet flag sprayed onto several walls.
ReplyDeleteAmazing! Stalin graffiti. Now this is something one would NEVER see in Boston! I love Europe. SO eclectic. Political diversity.
ReplyDeleteWhat interesting photos. And I thought we had a problem with wind today when leaves and pine needles blew into the pool!
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought a cyclist had crashed into the dumpsters...glad it was just the wind.
Parking in Livorno looks a lot like parking in Paris!
The last one I really don't get. I mean, really. Communism is a failed system and Stalin was a horror. Do such people that write this on walls know no history at all?
Sounds like you have a lot of broomsticks there, as we do here! (A broomstick is my designation for a human with the brains of a broomstick).
Anyway, as Jesus said, "The stupid you'll have with you always."
He didn't say that? Well, he should have!
I like the middle one.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like toys on the table!
You saw some interesting things on your walk. The parking and even the cars remind me of Paris. I bet the people who lived under Stalin's tyranny didn't admire him so much.
ReplyDeleteGoing for a stroll with you is always interesting, VP.
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty easy to park those small cars. I thought at first they had been blown around by the wind as in the first picture.
ReplyDeleteI had the same first reaction as Boston!
ReplyDeleteWOW! It must really have been windy.
ReplyDeleteWe saw parking like that in Ljubljana when we were there!!
Poor, Jacob - I think he should recheck his theology.
ReplyDeleteThat silver Smarte car is so cute, I don't know if you should hug it or drive it?!
How did you get our weather? I was in California for a week, but I hear we had lots of rain, wind, and lightning. I'll be interested to see what we get tomorrow :)
ReplyDeleteLooking at the pics, I'd say you had an interesting stroll.
ReplyDeleteNo driver would dare park his/her car like that here - people would complain and the driver may well find himself with four flat tyres!
Cars like the little silver one always make me think half of the car is missing. Cut though.
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Your walk could be short but really interesting - I'm impressed by the last photo especially! Wow, Stalin still alive? Shock.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice week and hope the weather will change:) (here and there!!!)
A strong wind on the day of anniversary of "Wind of change" :-)
ReplyDeleteStalin in Livorno?? OMG, no coment...
I liked the designs of the two small cars and also wonder if the bike fell due to the wind! Day before there was a really cool breeze blowing in our area but not like a storm! These are nice shots taken during your short walk :-)
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Strong documentary shots!
ReplyDeleteNumber 3 is either very old, or the young people/ the wall writer, did not turn up at school..... for the history lessons.
Three such diverse images, VP. And a vibrant range of comments, too.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comment on "Boys on the Avenue". I can just see you perched atop of a low wall, oogling the ladies. You realise, of course, that the girls do exactly the same thing!
Love the windswept photo. Being communist is one thing, liking Stalin is quite another - the man poisoned most of his family - what's there to like?
ReplyDeleteThat must have been some wind!
ReplyDeleteHard to believe people still have those political views.
ReplyDeleteI am amazed as are others that anyone could graffiti the wall - anywhere on earth - with Stalin's name. Younger generations don't have a memory or even knowledge of those times and his horrific acts against his countrymen.
ReplyDeleteI do love have people park with Smart cars. Too funny.
Very interesting stroll and post.
The wind pushing a car on the pavement? Wow....
ReplyDeleteI remember Trieste!
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What an excellent post! The parking of course could be in Paris and how good of you to remind us that some people actually still believe in communism.
ReplyDeleteWHOA! The wind must have been ferocious!
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean by the fall of Berlin doesn't cut any ice in Livorno? I don't understand.
Haha! Excellent diverse selection of photos.
ReplyDeleteBTW I noticed the parking in Italy - you guys park exactly like the Greeks :-)
wow I hope everything is okay now!
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I thought the wind blew those little cars and set them that way :) That is my attempt for a joke. You can see this kind of parking every where in my home Bulgaria. It makes a great photo especially placed after the tumbled trash can.
ReplyDeleteStalin graffiti makes me sick - this shouldn't be tolerated - the man killed more people in his camps then the number of people who died in the WWII. Great reportage!
The parking shot looks very familiar to me :) The Stalin graffiti reminds me of some good Italian friends that I met in school in US. They were communists and very unapologetic about it :)
ReplyDeleteScary winds... and very funny comment regarding the Berlin Wall in Livorno! :-)
ReplyDeleteI got something worse in my mail box yesterday, but I do not dare to post picture of it.
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