Imagine a conversation with a person you have just met and the ritual exchange of pleasantries that leads to the usual question: "What's your job ...?" I obviously answer: "I'm a tourist guide!" ...and here we are... moments of silence ... and then the usual comment "Wow! What a great job!" but the faces of many of these people show another thought: "But... is the tourist guide a "real job"?! I thought it was a hobby!".
Sì! La guida turistica può essere un lavoro a tempo pieno, sicuramente appassionante e spesso divertente!
Come le domande bizzarre a cui talvolta mi sono trovata a rispondere! Tanto per ricordarne qualcuna..
What about, for example, that lovely gentleman who asked me, seriously, how many bricks had been used to build the Visconti Castle of Pavia ...?
Another castle is the protagonist of the second strange question...We are in front of the Sforza Castle in Milan, this kind visitor next to me admires the imposant fortress, at the end of a half day Milan walking tour with his group, then he turns to me saying: " Wow! But...where are we? In Venice…?
Again in Milan, another gentleman, walking through the automatic opening security doors to access the painting "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci which is located inside the Monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie, asked me "Was it a bank at that time?" ... He meant right inside the monastery, in the fifteenth century! I believe that automatic doors confused him!
Leonardo's fresco of "The Last Supper" often raises countless questions, including the super classic: wasn't it brought to France by Napoleon?
Then there were the six months of the Milan Expo, I dare say glorious in terms of work oddities! Like that nice little group that insisted that I help them immediately find a train that would allow them to see, in the hour of free time they had to wander around the exhibition pavilions, the city of Milan and Lake Como, but not those immortalized inside the suggestive Italian Pavilion, no, no, the real ones, they would have really liked to improvise a guided tour of Milan and Lake Como by train, in an hour!
To get an idea of the fun and ironic side of our work, I recommend watching the famous film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding".
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Samantha Maggi
As a history and art enthusiast, I graduated in 1999 with a degree in Cultural Heritage Sciences from the University of Pavia. I then passed the exams to become a Certified Tour Guide for the beautiful and diverse cities of Lombardy: Pavia, Milan, and Como.
2 comments on “La Guida Turistica un lavoro…speciale!”
Le guide turistiche, preparate e disponibili -anche rispondere alle nostre sciocche domande! - ci consentono di conoscere la cultura dei luoghi in cui viviamo, in modo dinamico, come se stessimo leggendo un libro, ma guardando con i nostri occhi le meraviglie che ci circondano. Grazie per il vostro prezioso lavoro!
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Le guide turistiche, preparate e disponibili -anche rispondere alle nostre sciocche domande! - ci consentono di conoscere la cultura dei luoghi in cui viviamo, in modo dinamico, come se stessimo leggendo un libro, ma guardando con i nostri occhi le meraviglie che ci circondano. Grazie per il vostro prezioso lavoro!
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