We are now well into the XXI century, but as a Livornese you may still end up without running water for several days.
It happened last March and small army of technicians wasn't able to fix a broken main for the best part of a week.
If you are an academic researching potholes, our town would be the perfect destination for your sabbatical year, but the task is going to be huge nonetheless. For your dissertation keep an eye on
Viale Marconi: it is our crown jewel, with more holes than asphalt and a funny speed limit of 10 kilometers (6 miles) per hour.
Everywhere generators are used in emergencies or to supply power to faraway places, but in Livorno a huge diesel model can materialize itself at your doorstep, in a central street, where it is kept running for days and nights, with a complete disregard for the quiet and the sleep of the people living nearby, left to cope with an ugly synergy of noise and exhaust pollution.
As a form of protest, our blog will stop posting until this monster is turned down. But who will care?
After twelve days and twelve nights they finally shut down that damned generator. Livorno Daily Photo in Pisa will go on for twelve days as well, so we have another Pisan week before returning on home turf.
See also:
Without Water -
Dried Up -
Third Day without Water -
Habemus aquam! -
Viale Marconi
