Ai Pioppi
is what happens when a man building playground equipment gets carried
away in his creativity. The restaurant’s playground has thrill rides for
people willing to push, pedal, or otherwise put in their own power to
make them run. It doesn’t look at all safe, and indeed,
Tom Scott (
previously
at Neatorama) ended up with seven stitches in a fall, but Ai Pioppi
isn’t in the litigious United States. It’s in Treviso, Italy. Watch as
Tom and a friend pedal their way around the “bicycle of death." He says,
Thank
you so much to everyone at Ai Pioppi: I'm sorry for bleeding on your
ride, and for pronouncing your restaurant's name terribly. Thanks to
Paul, who drove me to the hospital; thanks to the doctors and nurses at
Treviso Hospital, too. And Europeans: remember to take an EHIC card on
holiday around Europe, so your healthcare travels with you. I didn't
have to pay a penny or deal with travel insurance!
And more than
that: if you do go, and I recommend you do if you're ever anywhere near
it: TAKE CARE. Even when you're on an adrenaline high and you think
you're invincible. I wasn't. You won't be either. Hospital visits in a
foreign language aren't fun!
You may experience some vertigo, but it won’t be nearly as much as these guys experienced.
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