Antique Roadshow

摘要

Cinderella notwithstanding, traveling by coach isn't all glass slippers and romance—as we discovered during a horse-drawn transit of the Alps this June. Our gleaming three-ton black-and-yellow Holland & Holland coach (made in 1875 by what may have been a predecessor to the outfit that now makes shotguns and pouffy vests) had just crested the Spluegen Pass (6,900 feet) and was descending from Switzerland into Italy. As we slowed to negotiate a hairpin turn, the driver of a car behind us grew restive. Our coachman, Andreas Nemitz, gestured for him to be patient, but suddenly the driver tried to squeeze alongside. "Pazzo!"