Woman, 100, renews driving license, 'secret is to love life'

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 8 - A 100-year-old Italian woman from a town near Vicenza in Veneto who renewed her driving license last month said her secret was "to love life".
    The sprightly woman from Breganze, Candida Uderzo, told Corriere della Sera newspaper "I've been driving since forever. I like being autonomous, also so as not to weigh on my son. This renewal makes me happy and will make me feel a little bit freer too".
    Uderzo said she was still in fine fettle.
    "I'm lucky, I'm 100 years old, and being so healthy is a surprise to me too. I never take medicines, just the odd sleeping pill once in a while." Her only regret is losing her husband when she was relatively young.
    "But I decided that staying alive meant enjoying it as much as possible, and not denying yourself anything. As a first step I started walking long distances.
    "I went on long walks with my friends, it helped me get over my grief. Once I retired I joined a walking group here in Breganze.
    And ever since then I haven't missed an outing. Every Sunday at six o'clock in the morning you'll find me on my doorstep, ready to go". (ANSA).