Maybe this should be called “Cities For Dummies”. I bet nobody else ever had this problem?
In the days before GPS we navigated by instinct, and maybe used a map. So what happens when you’re driving in Italy and enter a small town either by accident or possibly on purpose? During my early days exploring Italy I decided to check out a few towns in the Tuscany area. Most are quite small, picturesque, and easy to navigate. For some reason my wife and I decided to see what might be in Empoli…maybe a good lunch spot. So in we go headed for “centro” which is always the city center. Nice town but bigger than we thought. And lots of 1-way streets. Nothing appealed to use foodwise, so I said “let’s head out to the countryside and find a good locals place to eat”. Besides if we had to go all the way to Lucca, that’s the food paradise of this area.
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