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My name is Paolo Apolloni and showing visitors my beautiful country is my job and I enjoy doing it! I am continuing my father’s trade, who started this business during World War II. Still a young boy, he was taking American service men on tours of Rome. I began learning from him when I was a little boy myself. Whenever he had clients that were kind enough to let him, he used to take me along on his tours. The picture here shows me sitting on the hood of the Cadillac that my father used to drive back in the 50's. Yes, that's what people in this business were driving back then. |
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| American cars were the only ones that were big and comfortable enough to accommodate American tourists. Those who have visited here and have seen how small European cars are, know what I'm talking about! Our cars are small now, but back then they were even smaller! |
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Going with my father on his tours I became acquainted with Rome and other cities in Italy and Europe very early in my life. In fact my dad was often hired to travel from Rome to the major cities in Italy and Europe. Later, as I was old enough for my driver's license, dad bought me my first car and that was it! Many years have passed since then and I’m now in my early fifties and dad is probably taking angels on tours, but I continue doing my job with a lot of enthusiasm and endeavoring to improve! |