Sunday, June 22, 2008
Ciao bella
Or one Boston Globe reporters experience with a 50cc Vespa on the mean streets of Bean Town. She writes in the first person, so she did live to tell the tale.
This reporter's choice was a Vespa, the sleek Italian-made scooter that seems to exemplify the phrase "Ciao bella!"Sounds like a great idea for city folk. Might make them a wee bit nicer.
Of course, in a city where driving is considered a blood sport, tooling around on a 216-pound, 50 cc scooter might seem like a death wish. But desperate times call for desperate measures, and this fearless reporter wondered if saving a few bucks on gas is worth risking life and limb.
She set off last week with a full tank and a mission: to cruise the sometimes unfriendly streets of Boston, confronting obstacles, traffic, and the elements.
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