When we arrived our bus had trouble finding a place to park. Finally, we found one but a small Italian car was just blocking us, no matter in the spirit of Peter Sellers, six of us picked the car up and moved it back 5 feet.
Lol ... Fiat 500! The price of fuel in Italy has always been high, even back in the 70's. The "cinque cento" was a valuable asset, not only for low gas consumption but also when it came to parking. I know of one woman in Naples whose 500 was constantly burglarized. She decided to install a triple alarm system. The first one would trip an audible alarm. If the thief was able to bypass that, the second one locked the engine. And, should anyone be able to bypass that one, the third alarm was a self destruct mechanism.
Since I worked for an international airline back then, I traveled frequently to Italy. Those memories are as fresh today as yours. Again, thanks for sharing the experience.
One thing I forgot about was shortly after we moved the car and were leaving the bus the car owner showed up and got in and drove away. He didn’t even realize that it had been moved. LoL!