FERRAGOSTO HOLIDAY IN ITALY
Here is a little quiz to test what you know about Ferragosto. Ferragosto is: (Check all that apply) 1. a major holiday in Italy when most everything closes down and anyone who can, especially professionals, gets out of town 2. a very bad time to have a machine or car that needs reapir 3. a REALLY bad time to have a medical emergency 4. NO time to have a husband who had the right idea to flee the country for Ferragosto, but then managed to get into medical doodoo on Day One of our 5-day stay in the non-Ferragosto-celebrating country If you checked all of the above, you are right! And on the subject of things in need of repair, it's not unusual in Italy to encounter the word "GUASTO!" (aka "BUSTED AND NOT LIKELY TO BE FIXED IN YOUR LIFETIME"), especially on elevators, escalators, toilets, and more. WE ENCOUNTERED THIS PARTICULAR GUASTO ELEVATOR AT THE GUARDIA MEDICA HEALTH CENTER Last year, for us, just in time for Ferragosto, it was J's...