(put your words here....)So today Julie Harper and I are eating lunch in a restaurant. There is never any parking, so you just either park on the curb, or go with what is available and park where ever you see something. I found a nice spot right in front of the restaurant, but it was partially over a crosswalk. Apparently, this is a big no no in Italy...so while I was eating the restaurant owner warned us of cops outside. I went outside to find them ticketing my car.

I tried to explain to them that I was leaving immediately, and that was not good enough. They asked to see my drivers lisense, I gave them my CA DL, and they laughed. Said if I was a foreigner, I had to give the penalty of 74 Euros (about 125 dollars) immediately or they would tow my car into a garage in the city. I was pissed, but what could I do, I had to run down the street to the ATM and pay them immediately so Julie, Harper and I could drive home! Nice way to pay $125 in less that 5 min!