Italy however is beginning to have an effect. From our 2 months in the country we have worked out that essentially rules are there to be broken. If the rule is broken by enough people then the powers that be will never follow up a crime or an issue. This collective undermining of laws seems to work. The country functions at a level that keeps the wheels turning, to an extent.
I have improved therefore at my ability to break the law in a 'safe and appropriate Clements like way.' Most of this has happened on the roads to be honest. Indicating in our little hire car has matched the local level. I drive looking forward only (as Klaus recommended) and this has served us well, a forthright driving style is definitely required when over here.
However, this new streak of tentatively breaking the law confused me today. We visited the Grotte de Castellano, one of the largest underground cave systems in the country. A fantastic array of cathedral like spaces underground with infinite colours of stalagtites and stalagmites, rock formations etc. The issue was though, you were not allowed to take photos. Lo and behold, everyone conformed. It threw me; we were expecting to get some good photos! This post may well be my last though. I am posting the sneaky photos I took whilst in the caves. The Grotte police may come and follow me and hunt me down.
Okay the photos aren't great, but the point I was trying to make is that, on the roads, where life and death can be a whim apart, nobody seems to give a damn. Whereas, taking a photo in a damp space underground could be an imprisonable offence. Ha ha, watch this space, Clare may be returning alone!
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