Getting Hangry in Sanremo
(Canon P/Ilford Delta 400) ‘Dolce far niente’ is an Italian expression which means ‘The sweetness of doing nothing’. It goes hand in hand with ‘La Dolce Vita’, another expression meaning ‘The Sweet Life’. On the surface it seems so simple: value a relaxed, peaceful state of living over material things. However, there are times when your ‘sweet life’ makes another’s not so sweet; I learned that first hand in Sanremo. When I downshifted the little red Fiat right before entering the tunnel which leads into the centre of Sanremo, I was living my ‘sweet life’. The tiny three cylinder engine howled at 6,000rpm and a smile came to my face. Doina, my travel wife, laughed at me from the passenger seat. Svetlana, my travel girlfriend, was sleeping in the back. ‘La Pigna’, Sanremo (Canon P/Ilford Delta 400) 45 minutes later I was NOT living the sweet life. Not only had I had an incredibly vexing altercation with an Italian parking meter machine, I was now officially p...