This suggestion comes to us from Leslie Haramis (my aunt).  We’re traveling together in Italy.  When I asked her what we’d seen that was awesome, she didn’t say “temples” or “churches” or “the sea.”  “I think the sanitation department is awesome!”  She declared.

Salerno santiation worker

Every morning, we sit out on our patio and watch the world go by.  People hang their laundry, go to work, walk their dogs.  And each morning, the sanitation department comes by to empty whatever trash or recycling is picked up that day (they pick up different things on different days).  This week, my aunt called to me to come see what was happening.

We both watched as the sanitation worker emptied the trash container and then proceeded to spray it down with disinfectant, rinse it out and wipe it off.  What?  I have to say I’ve never noticed an odor when I’ve walked by the communal trash cans on the street.  I guess this is why.  Awesome.