Friday, July 6, 2012

Breaking the law

Evidently, something was lost in translation. We got to Monterosso and needed to change trains for a short trip into Manarola. Jo grabbed tickets from the ticket window and off we went to wait for the train.

We got our seats and started down the tracks. The conductor came to check our tickets and that's when things got a little interesting. Our 2€ each train tickets were not validated. One would think the teller would see us with our bags, buying tickets to a destination and validate them. Maybe at least tell us we need to validate them.

So guess how much the fine is for not validating your 2€ ticket? Try 50€, each! The conductor took some pity on us and voided our ticket and let us buy tickets from him. So it was only another 10€.

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