The previous post was on the apartment, but this one has no particular theme. The last two days have been very sunny which means hot in the sunshine, but cold in the shade. On Tuesday we took a walk along the river and on Wednesday we walked outside the city centre.
Being sunny, it was a good day to do the laundry. Unfortunately, our own apartment does not have a clothes line, as they do in the building below. We have to make do with a drying rack indoors.
Along the shore of the Arno you see quite a few birds, including magpies, kingfishers, coots, cormorants, egrets and herons.
Though the most unexpected thing we saw was what we think is a South-American capybara. At first we thought it was a beaver, but then we realized it was not. A few of these must have escaped in nature from somewhere and the winters are not cold enough to kill them.
We saw an electric car being recharged. It is the second one we have seen. The previous one looked more standard. This one must be a bit small on the highway, but it would be cheap to run and convenient to park for one person in the city.
Walking in the country just around the city, there is always a stone wall on each side of the road like on the left-hand picture below. But then, now and again, there is an unexpected opening in the wall that allows you to see what is on the other side.
I end up with what we call the "troubadours". There are three guys who go by panhandling at least three or four times a day. The pictures were taken from our window. They are panhandling, but at least they play music. One plays the trumpet and the other two play the accordion. We have also met them in downtown.
The picture below suggests they can be rather insistent. When they noticed me taking pictures from above, they shouted something like "throw down the money"!
| Along the Arno |
Being sunny, it was a good day to do the laundry. Unfortunately, our own apartment does not have a clothes line, as they do in the building below. We have to make do with a drying rack indoors.
Along the shore of the Arno you see quite a few birds, including magpies, kingfishers, coots, cormorants, egrets and herons.
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| Egret and heron |
Though the most unexpected thing we saw was what we think is a South-American capybara. At first we thought it was a beaver, but then we realized it was not. A few of these must have escaped in nature from somewhere and the winters are not cold enough to kill them.
We saw an electric car being recharged. It is the second one we have seen. The previous one looked more standard. This one must be a bit small on the highway, but it would be cheap to run and convenient to park for one person in the city.
Walking in the country just around the city, there is always a stone wall on each side of the road like on the left-hand picture below. But then, now and again, there is an unexpected opening in the wall that allows you to see what is on the other side.
I end up with what we call the "troubadours". There are three guys who go by panhandling at least three or four times a day. The pictures were taken from our window. They are panhandling, but at least they play music. One plays the trumpet and the other two play the accordion. We have also met them in downtown.
The picture below suggests they can be rather insistent. When they noticed me taking pictures from above, they shouted something like "throw down the money"!
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