Okay, guys, new formatting this time. Tell us what you think. Also, sorry for the late post, but it took a while to track down the photos. Good things are worth waiting for.

Giulia –


Our trip to another bookstore, Libreria del Viagggiatore, turned out very differently than the previous one. Here we met Giulia, who was very busy. She was reading some magazines and wouldn’t give us very much time to interview. She has worked at this bookstore for less than a year, and is only a job for the money, as she is not very interested in books, but she does love her magazines. When asked why she chose to work at a bookstore, and not anywhere else, she said that it gives her a lot of free time to read her magazines.

libreria – bookstore
rivista – magazine
letteratura – literature





Danilo –

Danilo has worked at the Colatti, a bike shop, since he was eleven, and for the past twenty seven years (you can guess how old he is if you so want). The bike shop Colatti has been around since 1899, and has been in the family ever since then, and Danilo keeps that trade going on and on. They make and rent their own bikes using the finest material, and space age aluminum. He said that most Italians bike for fun rather than as a means of transportation. Mountain biking, he says, isn’t as big as it is in the states because there aren’t very many accessible trails, but it still has many lovers of that sport. For those of you who want to rent a bike, you can do it by the hour, or for dieci euro you can rent a bike for the day. He feels that the scooters have replaced the bicycle as a cheap and fast means to get around the city, but there are still many that bike for fun, exercise and travel.



le bici/ la bicicletta – bikes/ bicycle
affitto – rental
alluminio – aluminum