Comments on: In Ritardo – The Bus

By: Sono in ritardo…prendo i’autobus?

Sono in ritardo…prendo i’autobus? — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:15:38 +0000

[...] of being sempre in ritardo, I stumbled across this fabulous story in italiannotebook.com, about the perils of italian bus travel, told with wonderful humor and [...]

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:06:13 +0000

Great story, told with wonderful irreverance.
I recently saw a travel documentary following a bus driver who ran a daily shuttle up and down the Amalfi Coast. Dio Mio! This man had no fear and ran the single lane, cliff hugging track like a race car. God help all and sundry approaching from the other direction!

By: PJ

PJ — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:28:03 +0000

Chicago, Illinois has adapted the very same bus schedule!!

By: Allyson

Allyson — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:00:56 +0000

OMG! I have such memories of this exact thing happening to me while living in Firenze! I am laughing right now thinking of it! Italian Notebook should have links that the bottom of each note so you can share them on different sites for other friends who would appreciate the notes! Delicious, Facebook! I know we all enjoy these memories… others will too!

By: gurio vincenti

gurio vincenti — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:59:57 +0000

Ma com’e`possibile, che tutti scrivano in inglese, anche gli universitari. Io suggerirei che la colonnina sia scritta in Italiano.Tutti gli altri lettori possono tradurla, se gli e` necessario farlo.Divertiti.Ciao

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:10:13 +0000

Great article, great pictures. I took the 201 or 301 buses from Ponte Milvio to the 10th kilometer of the Via Cassia, to get to school and then back home, throughout my junior high and high school years. Sometimes the bus was a bit late but giving myself just a few minutes of leeway, I always made it to school on time, so I had (and have) no serious complaints. Your article brings back some really great memories! Makes me homesick!

By: Joan Schmelzle

Joan Schmelzle — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:11:18 +0000

I loved the note having lived through it on most of my 13 trips to Italy.

I thought I had better let you know that for some reason the ad on the right of the note does not show up for me. This has not happened bfore this week. Now it has happened for three day. Maybe its the ad for Tuscan Holidays that my computer doesn’t like. Every thing else is fine.

By: hebegb

hebegb — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:12:42 +0000

Loredana, right you are! There are many places in Italy where the bus system is quite efficient. Unfortunately, not Rome where Valentina and I are from. :-(

By: Bob Connelly

Bob Connelly — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:11:12 +0000

Wow, not my experience at all with the buses in Perugia. Except for the crowding when students were going home after school. Usually one could count on a bus within one or two minutes either side of the schedule. My only trauma on the bus was when the “bus police” locked us all in the bus and checked that we had all paid our fare before one by one we were allowed off the bus.

By: Loredana Curtis

Loredana Curtis — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:59:05 +0000

I don’t want to brag but….I spend every summer in Trieste and I want to say I never experience frustration regarding public buses. Acutally I don’t rent a car while in the city and rely on public transportation to go anywhere including the beach. The buses are great!