Arriving in Italy with nothing but £30 and a packet of pencils, Mayor of Bristol and 91 Ways supporter George Ferguson used his skills to earn him food, life skills, and memories which would stay with him forever.
![Bristol Mayor George Ferguson and 91 Ways Founder Kalpna Woolf](https://91ways.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/photo-4-copy-13-e1435154629119-225x300.jpg)
“I travelled to Italy when I was an aspiring architectural student. I set off with about £30 for 2 ½ months and planned to live off drawings I would sell. I sold drawings on the Spanish Steps in Rome.
Living like this forced me to be extraordinarily careful: I discovered the huge benefit of the city markets there – you could buy a meal for a few pence: pasta, sauce and anchovies (which came from buckets!).
I lived very sparsely and I slept in Rome station. I met some really interesting people and when I went to people’s homes I would eat a huge amount!”