{"id":10614,"date":"2015-12-18T15:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=10614"},"modified":"2015-12-17T21:19:57","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T20:19:57","slug":"at-the-art-gallery-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/at-the-art-gallery-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"At the Art Gallery in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The setting: the ticket office of the Galleria Nazionale in Parma<\/span>
\n The characters: the ticket seller and an elderly couple<\/span><\/p>\n

Tired from the long journey and the heat, the couple are trying to make sense of the notice board at the entrance of the Galleria Nazionale:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Parma<\/a><\/p>\n

Marito: \u201cOggi che giorno \u00e8?\u201d<\/strong>
\nHusband: \u201cWhat day is today?\u201d<\/p>\n

Moglie: \u201cOggi \u00e8 domenica\u201d<\/strong>
\nWife: \u201cToday is Sunday\u201d<\/p>\n

Marito: \u201cMa quale domenica del mese \u00e8? La prima?\u201d<\/strong>
\nHusband: \u201cBut which Sunday of the month is it? The first one?\u201d<\/p>\n

Moglie: \u201cAspetta un attimino, fammi pensare \u2026 oggi \u00e8 il 13, quindi \u00e8 \u2026 la seconda domenica!\u201d<\/strong>
\nWife: \u201cWait a moment, let me think \u2026 today is the 13th, therefore it\u2019s \u2026 the second Sunday!\u201d<\/p>\n

Marito: \u201cAccidenti, dobbiamo pagare! Peccato\u201d<\/strong>
\nHusband: \u201cDamn, we\u2019ll have to pay! What a pity\u201d<\/p>\n

\"httpswww.flickr.comphotosalebonvini\"<\/a>

Parma, Teatro Farnese. Photo: Alessandro Bonvini<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Bigliettaio: \u201cBiglietto cumulativo o solo per il Teatro Farnese?\u201d
\n<\/strong>Ticket seller: \u201cCombined ticket or only for the Teatro Farnese?\u201d<\/p>\n

Marito: \u201cC\u2019\u00e8 qualcosa d\u2019interessante da vedere nella Galleria?\u201d<\/strong>
\nHusband: \u201cIs there anything interesting to see in the Gallery?\u201d<\/p>\n

Bigliettaio: \u201cOvviamente dipende dai gusti. C\u2019\u00e8 un\u2019importante collezione di quadri del Parmigianino e del Correggio. Un\u2019opera di Leonardo, quadri del Canaletto e \u2026\u201d<\/strong>
\nTicket seller: \u201cIt\u2019s a matter of taste, of course. There\u2019s an important collection of paintings by Parmigianino and Correggio. A work by Leonardo, paintings by Canaletto and \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Parmigianino,<\/a>

Parmigianino, La schiava turca. Photo: Wikipedia<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Moglie: \u201cVa bene, prendiamo due biglietti per la Galleria e il Teatro\u201d<\/strong>
\nWife: \u201cOk, we\u2019ll have two tickets for the Gallery and the Theatre\u201d<\/p>\n

Marito: \u201cAbbiamo pi\u00f9 di sessant\u2019anni, perci\u00f2 abbiamo diritto allo sconto\u201d<\/strong>
\nHusband: \u201cWe are over sixty, so we are entitled to a discount\u201d<\/p>\n

Bigliettaio: \u201cMi dispiace, da luglio dell\u2019anno scorso gli anziani non hanno pi\u00f9 diritto alla riduzione, solo i giovani fino ai 25 anni\u201d<\/strong>
\nTicket seller: \u201cI\u2019m sorry, since July last year elderly people are no longer entitled to a discount, only young people up to the age of 25\u201d<\/p>\n

Marito: \u201cMa questo \u00e8 ridicolo! Con la nostra pensione non possiamo permetterci questi prezzi!\u201d<\/strong>
\nHusband: \u201cThis is ridiculous! With our pension we can\u2019t afford these prices!\u201d<\/p>\n

Bigliettaio: \u201cMi dispiace, \u00e8 la nuova legge Franceschini*, per incoraggiare i giovani alla cultura. Per\u00f2, visto che sono gi\u00e0 le 13.30, perch\u00e9 non fate un giretto per il centro? Se tornate fra mezz\u2019ora avrete diritto allo sconto del 50 percento\u201d
\n<\/strong>Ticket seller: \u201cI\u2019m sorry, it\u2019s the new Franceschini law*, in order to encourage young people to Culture. However, since it\u2019s already 1:30 pm, why don\u2019t you take a stroll through the centre? If you come back in half an hour you\u2019ll be entitled to a 50 per cent discount!<\/p>\n

Moglie: \u201cMmmm, questa mi sembra una buona idea! Facciamo in tempo a fare un salto al bagno e torniamo. A fra poco!\u201d<\/strong>
\nWife: \u201cMmmm, this seems a good idea! We\u2019ll have time to pop to the loo and we\u2019ll be back. See you soon!\u201d<\/p>\n

Bigliettaio: \u201cArrivederci!\u201d<\/strong>
\nTicket seller: \u201cSee you later!\u201d<\/p>\n

N.B.<\/strong> The timetable at the beginning of this article is not a joke, I copied and pasted the text from the Galleria Nazionale official website<\/a><\/strong>,<\/em> and Geoff then made it into a poster.<\/em>
\nI remembered the first time that Geoff and I went to Parma, we stood with our mouths open in front of the Gallery timetable, trying to figure out the significance of the badly written mumbo jumbo before our eyes! In fact some other mystified visitor had actually scrawled on the notice board: FATE RIDERE! (YOU’RE A JOKE!)
\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

*Legge Franceschini<\/strong>: this law, which was passed in 2014, owes its name to the present Minister of Culture, Franceschini.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

The setting: the ticket office of the Galleria Nazionale in Parma The characters: the ticket seller and an elderly couple Tired from the long journey and the heat, the couple are trying to make sense of the notice board at the entrance of the Galleria Nazionale: Marito: \u201cOggi che giorno \u00e8?\u201d Husband: \u201cWhat day is…<\/p>\n

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