Shirts,
jeans and a cheeky pair of red undies sway in the breeze while a potted plant seems to cheer them on.
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In many narrow village streets all over Italy stone buildings lean in for a gossip, as laundry hangs like a vibrant parade of flags. Below, a parked car waits patiently, resigned to a lifetime of dodging stray socks. But most are in agreement: fresh-air-dried washing is always superior to machine-dried, which explains those silk shirts flapping from the balconies of sumptuous palazzi that dot the Italian countryside.
As a golden sunset casts a warm glow, a neighbor wonders, isn't that red pair theirs, and could this trigger a new (laundry-inspired) friendship, or even romance? - BPJ
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3 hours (or less) from Paris
PARIS - ROME
Direct flights (2 hrs) - 6 times daily
