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Practical Italy

A guide to navigating the practical things in Italy such as bus stops, road signs, buying tickets and shopping. From a beautiful Lake Como perspective.

​And also from a Padua perspective.

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17/9/2014

 
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A sosta is a pause or break. In this context it means 'stopping'
Divieto di sosta = no stopping
Solo = only
Salita e discesa = Getting on and getting off
passeggeri = passengers
In other words, coaches can only stop to let passengers on and off.
The translation on the sign implies a great scooping up and offloading of people.
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Discesa is pronounced something like dee-shay-za (with the stress on shay). The combination of the letters sc gives a sh sound in Italian.
pesce (fish) pronounced pay-shay
biscia (snake) pronounced bee-sha

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