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I haven't seen a Dodge Ram since I got here!  They have an interesting truck here that's just as useful though.  City streets or vineyards, everyone needs at least one apè.  Some sound like mini bikes, some have more horsepower.

This man had fresh dirt on the rototiller.  He certainly hadn't used it in our neighborhood but was apparently doing a small job at the neighbors.

From the front, his apè appears quite new and shiny.  The rear box testifies that this is his work horse.

Now this one is a work horse all around!  He has just put his broom and mop in the back and is heading home for repouso, after cleaning the fish market.

No problem that he wants to go the other direction - he just does a u-turn in the street with cars coming from either direction.  Lots of honking - the trademark of Italian driving - he stops in the middle of the street and lets them go around him.  Then he's off to his happy bride who will undoubtedly feed him a kettle of pasta and then some meat so that he can rest well before heading back to work.

The floors are still wet and shiny from his mop.  And everything is very clean where piles of fish had lain just an hour ago.

The small boats bring their fish in for sale in the morning.  Then after cleanup and repouso the large commercial boats arrive with their haul - frutti de mare, very interesting fish of every variety!

The scene across the street - just what you would expect to see in a well protected harbor!

While just around the corner we see another mode of transportation of these sea tars.  I love seeing the old men meandering along on their bikes.

Off the subject, but this building is just around the corner from the fish market.  I have no idea what it was but it fascinates me!  I think I'm quite safe in saying that it is really old and firepower has blasted from those whatever they're called openings along the top of it.

And, what are those openings called?