The Church bells announce the morning - usual throughout Italia - reflect.
Another of those early morning teleconferences - will the hotel wi - fi hotel up? - no - revert to prepaid Sim - Sim lasts 15 minutes - not enough Italian to get it recharged - never mind - We have more Rebecchi's to photograph.
Had Antonio Giacomo stayed I might have been:
a builder
or a sweet maker
or a fashion designer
We sit and absorb Piacenza - the stylish Italians remain in Venice - no room for another Massimo Rebecchi store here
We drive - we park - we wander - how much has the square changed since Antonio wandered here? - did he really leave because of Austrian oppression? - did he want to avoid conscription? - was it the lure of gold and Irish women? - we drive some more - the countryside displays all of its spring magnificence - why would you leave a place like this? - a rhetorical question even when asked of ourselves - we are seeing this place at a time when nature and politics are treating it kindly.
Time to leave Antonio and his Italy to themselves - confident - polite - welcoming.
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