Pipe Smokers!

This shop in Bologna didn't want to sell anything from what we could gather!
The aroma was SO enticing....and I was immediately pulled towards this den of nicotinous temptation.....
They were VERY keen to talk about the making of pipes, and how much the great art and smoking of pipes was being pushed to the boundaries of society.
While talking to the owners, I could see that there was a room in the back of the shop where a group of Pipe Smokers were enjoying their deadly habit while playing cards.

This IS in the EU, isn't it?

Very friendly, and I was lucky that Liz knows so much Italian, as they had very little English.

Lovely people making strangers very welcome....we loved it!

JimH.