Google Street View coming to Rome
Going to the shops on Tuesday, I saw a car with some weird shit on top of it. At first, I just thought “man, people have some weird shit on their cars here in Rome” and was ready to write it off as just another aspect of Italian culture that I just don’t get. Then I realised that it was probably the Google Street View car, taking shots of the Lungotevere beside our house. This was confirmed when, coming back from the shops via the narrow streets behind our house, I ran into the car again. I had to step in to let it pass by. I got a good look at the Google Street View logo on the side of the car, as well as the fancy high-tech fuckery in the passenger seat, all while doing my best to mug for the camera.
So yeah, Google Street View is finally coming to places that aren’t in America. Shame the Roman one is going to be filled with badly-parked cars, dingy streets and a bunch of Romans staring like they’re the apes from the start of 2001 and the car is the fucking monolith.
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