Now we've been cruising up and down the Italian coast for a few days I feel qualified to pass comment on the questions of fashion and style. There's no doubt that when you visit such cosmopolitan destinations as Venice, Corfu and Corsica you can't help but notice how one should look...
I have noticed from reader "feedback" that folk are interested, not only in my appearance, but also what the fashion police consider this season's "look". Everyone here seems to wearing cool "pork pie" hats, "aviator" style sunglasses and for the ladies; linen dresses.
Jan bought herself a nice dress at a store in Livorno today - we only went in to find the loo, and I considered getting a pair of Burghundy chinos... Unfortunately you need to have a waist smaller than 34 inches to be that stylish, so I left empty handed.
There are so many scooters around, and the young women manage to look cool and unruffled even when weaving through insane traffic all designer handbags and high heels. The hot weather helps I suppose, but I still can't imagine many 25 year old lasses nipping along Nottingham ring road like they do here.
Of course in comparison to Italian style we have "Brits on holiday" chic... Im sure there is a relationship between how many tattoos one has and how long one is prepared to be exposed lobster like on the sun beds... This afternoon there were so many pink bodies on display on the sun decks it looked like an advert for skin cancer prevention. Tomorrow there will be some sore body parts...
We went into Livorno and became very confused, we have been here before but the place looks totally different from what we remember, perhaps we've been afloat too long and are catching cabin fever?
At tonight's meal we were sat with 3 Chelsea fans and an Arsenal supporter, however rather than aggression or hostility, when they learned I was a Hammers fan There was a distinct whiff of pity and sympathy...
Tomorrow is a "sea day"', so the entertainments crew will be working extra hard to whip us into a manic crowd of "party people", by the same token we will be working extra hard to avoid this madness and keep our heads down - watch this space to see how if we survive!
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