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January 14, 2013

Italian lesson III: A route to the sea

Mare  Exercise yourself

That's right, this is a wordplay. It is about a street taking you out to the sea.

You know about the beautiful Ligurian sea. Some time ago we went to a neighboring town, Vado Ligure. It lies on the motorway to France in the west and its port is an important logistic terminal which handles more than a million tones of shipments annually.

vado_ligure_port

A view of the port.




















It manages the traffic of a great variety of products: vehicles, wood, soft commodities and metals. Besides, the port is also known for pleasure craft and over half a million passengers pass through it every year. Not to mention that it is a big employer due to the volume of the traffic it manages.


While we were walking near the port, we spotted a sign on a route "Via di fuga a mare". So isn't it a street which can take you out to the sea? Say it Via "Fuga a mare":

vado_ligure_port

It is indeed but not exactly a street. Actually, this is an exit runway to the sea.

If you understood the wordplay, then try to answer this question:

How do we say "street" in Italian?


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