Item 05: Walter Bruce Rainsford diary, 1 January-31 December 1918 - Page 31
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the river. An interesting place I had a look at was a manufactory of Florentine Mosaic and various kinds of artistic work in hard stones, both ancient & modern styles. In the afternoon I jumped on to a tram and ascended the Viale du Colli to the Piazzale Micael Angelo. Again a beautiful Italian town, the capital of Tuscany, lay at my feet with the river Arno winding through it. In the distance of the snow-clad peaks of Mont Rosa, the Apennines & Alps were pointed out to me. I only went to one picture show in Italy and that was this evening. It was a kind of continuous show – one long picture being put on time after time. I saw this picture and there and then made up my mind to bother no more about Italian cinemas. After dinner I strolled round to the Gambrinus in a galleria by the Piazza Vitt. Emanuele, a great café with