On my quest for the elusive Italian drivers license, today I went to the supermarket where there is a small shop for photos, shoe repair and keys,(who knew?), and had my new document pics taken.  Sad affair that.  Then on to the post office to make two deposits in mysterious accounts that I assume have something to do with the department of transportation or motor vehicles.  Yes you do that at the post office.  Then on to a tobacconist, (a shop that sells cigarettes and newspapers and lottery tickets), to buy a "marca di bollo".  This is a type of stamp that is really a tax that gets affixed to some official document.  In this case I believe it will be affixed to the official declaration from a doctor, (one of 2 I need), saying that I am of sound enough mind and body to drive.  Tomorrow I'm going to the "anagrafe", a city, state, or government office that hands out ID cards and the like, to have my photos notarized.  As though anyone else would claim to be the person in the pictures they took of me today.  Sad.  xxoo me