ATL (Azienda Trasporti Livornese), our public transport operator, has just installed several new bus stop signs illustrated with some of the landmarks of Livorno. Looking for something more about this, I found instead their quite emphatic mission statement:
ATL, public transport Company in Livorno, guarantees all citizens access to the services and facilities (bus and car), regardless of nationality, gender, ethnicity, language, religion, political opinion, wealth, social or physical conditions.(Sorry, nothing about the pursuit of happiness...)
The English is theirs and you can find more of it following this
link. In fact, the last time I took a bus I wasn't asked about my political opinions, there were foreign nationals on board, several women, a guy with a cough and even a nun. Few of them used the ticket machine, but probably they had... “subscriptions”.
The “Moby Freedom”, one of the sister ships of the “Moby Wonder”, usually operates on the same route linking Livorno with Olbia, in Sardinia. This ferry was also built in 2001 by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, in South Korea.
As usual Moby Lines ferries are painted with Looney Tunes liveries. In the rush to the finishing line we can see: Wile E. Coyote, Bugs Bunny, Taz, Tweety, Sylvester and Daffy Duck.
ATL (Azienda Trasporti Livornese), our public transport operator, has just installed several new bus stop signs illustrated with some of the landmarks of Livorno. Looking for something more about this, I found instead their quite emphatic mission statement:
“Piazza Carlo Poerio” was set out around 1850 when the course of the “Fosso Reale” was straightened out along with the demolition of the fortifications surrounding the old city center. The square disappeared in 1893 when the Antonio Benci elementary school was built. The “Chiesa degli Olandesi” (Dutch Church), on the right, was built between 1862 and 1864.
A recent image of the area in a bird's-eye view from Bing Maps. The old postcard is another interesting find in the collection of Antonio Cantelli.
Now that Valentine's Day is safely behind us, we can poke some fun at these love messages on molded chocolate. From left to right: “Il mio cuore corre da te” (My heart is running to you), “Sei la mia sinfonia” (You are my symphony), “Sei la mia perla” (You are my pearl), “Per la mia principessa” (For my princess).
Kneeling in sorrow, but still trying to get on the road anyway...
