Getting Lost in Florence

Rather than getting into the perpetual habit of napping every afternoon I chose to get lost in Florence by plugging in my iPod and just wandering around the city for a couple hours. Instead of wandering aimlessly I decided to choose the stadio (stadium) where the futbol team plays as my main destination. After walking for a while I decided to test my luck with Italian and ask a rando how to get to the stadio. I approached the first cordial gentleman I saw and asked my mentally rehearsed "Dov'e lo stadio?" which I was very confident was correct. The man waved his arms and didn't say anything. Naturally I thought I somehow messed this phrase up so I asked again and again but still got nothing except arm waving... Turns out this man was deaf. So I continued to next man and repeated the question and got some elongated response of which the only word I understood was "sinistra" (left) and found my way to the stadium. Today's lesson was quite clear... Trust my elementary Italian and any man violently waving his arms isn't signaling that he doesn't want to help me but rather he can't hear me.