Comments on: Laundry Lines

By: Leigh Farrell

Leigh Farrell — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:31:20 +0000

I have always found the view of laundry hanging off of balconies charming as well. In Trastevere, one of our favorite restaurants was painted on the interior to look like an italian exterior, and clotheslines of “unmentionables” were strung from one faux balcony to the another.

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:19:30 +0000

Delightful! Everyone loves seeing laundry hanging outside of charming balconies everywhere in Italy! I even remember our neighbors in Vietri sul Mare putting sheets of plastic over the wet clothes when it was raining! Our next door neighbor was better at forecasting the weather than the TV meteorologist (we called him the General). If Rosaria hung out her clothes, you could be sure it was not going to rain! I loved the simple act of hanging out laundry everywhere we lived! Charming & informative note!

By: Doris

Doris — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:50:22 +0000

Love this story…we have a picture of a pair of pink men’s boxer shorts taken during a gondola ride in the canals of Venice! Buon Natale!

By: LBW

LBW — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:55:45 +0000

If hanging out the laundry is forbidden in Venice, then most of the populace is breaking the law! When I was there just 3 years ago, I took photo after photo of laundry lines strung between buildings and all of the laundry hanging – it was rather charming.

By: Sylvia Flores

Sylvia Flores — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:02:25 +0000

Beautiful, colorful and always interesting! Thanks for sharing.

By: Evanne Brandon Diner

Evanne Brandon Diner — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:32:51 +0000

Thanks, Mary Jane for the cheery note on a drab day in Italy. Do you remember the time Prime Minister Berlusconi hosted the G8 in Genoa and told all the residents in advance to be sure not to hang out their laundry, for it would be seen when the dignitaries arrived into the port? Well, the residents hung out laundry on every balcony, and the story is still fodder for a good laugh.

By: Lee McIntyre

Lee McIntyre — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:56:27 +0000

Thanks for interesting note! Here in Bolzano/Bozen, people don’t typically have electric dryers, either – and the clothes are hung out, sun or no!

By: Mary Lou Branson

Mary Lou Branson — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:35:24 +0000

Love this!

By: Joanne

Joanne — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:56:25 +0000

I love seeing laundry hanging on lines in Italy — we have been to Tuscany area twice and hope to go again in 2012 — I have a good picture of aprons hanging out on a line — thanks for the nice memories — I have even tried to find a clothesline for my back yard –