Not many countries in the world make of their clean laundry a street decoration, but Italy does. From Venice to Florence, from Naples to Bozen, lines of blues and reds, browns and yellows and greens and whites, all hang out of our windows like a fragrant rainbow of normality, and god only knows how much we need that, nowadays.
Have you ever wondered how much you can learn about the people living in a place from what hangs outside their windows? How many they are, their gender, if there are children. Their favorite soccer team, the style of their décor and even their nationality. During the summer, when you start seeing bathing suits and beach towels, you realize who’s been on holiday and who still has to take a well deserved rest by the sea.
