Will Self on Florence

First sentence:

"Arriving at the Stazione di Santa Maria Novella I feel like a bit of a Rodin’s Messenger of the Gods: after all, I’m in Florence merely to make money, while all around me people are purely intent on having a good time."

New journalism.

http://www.newstatesman.com/2014/07/places-people-first-impressions-last-longest-and-florence-still-slap-face