Transportation.

We're driving Vivienne's Opel Agila. We've also been left the keys to Roland's BMW 5 series, but we haven't had the need (or the courage) to drive it. The Agila has good space inside, turns on a tight radius, and affords good visibility all around-- perfect for us. The 1.2 liter engine keeps us in a relative passive attitude when on the autostrada, but that is not a problem. If I read the on-line specs right, it's getting better than 40 mpg.

We feel special to be driving a vehicle which is obviously not from a rental company-- it sports local provincial (Lucca) license plates. Hopefully this gets us some consideration in the queue at the toll gates and at roundabouts.