Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Pisa - "Knock Off" Alley

We were sitting in a cafe eating lunch right on a street where these guys are selling knock off designer bags. The Italian police came driving up and they all scrambled to get their goods picked up as fast as they could. That was absolutely hilarious but at the same time, it was amazing to see how fast they had those bags wrapped up in the sheets they are sitting on. One of the guys lost a few purses to the police, who tossed a few in his trunk. I guess to show he did his job for the day? Anyway, the police didn't mess too much with them. In fact they went into the cafe where we were eating to have an ice cream or something. While they were in there, the vendors just held their sheets filled with purses on their backs waiting for the police to leave. Our video is of the police turning the corner to leave and what happened before they were even out of sight of the vendors. Funny!

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