Our Man in Europe/davedelacroix/RAGGAZZI-MENTO: part 1:
RAN, during my weekly Soiree, into COUNT BOBBIO. Charming fella. Blonde/Italian/35-ish; decorant, Milano-fashion-ista! -shoes that cost 6 months Rent/Pink cigarettes: I reek of beer. HE reeks of Cognac.
(No shortage of witnesses)
His absent wife, the Countessa della "Bobbio" (after the town), who is affectionately, though DISCREETLY known as "the HUMP", having produced four bambinos (all sons & heirs) and named after (the town) Bobbio's hump-back bridge -which traverses the Trebbio river...is (encora...) ABSENT; reading Hemmingway, no doubt, who sojourned in these parts, a century ago; drinking cocoa (the Countessa), happy to be far from the "bustle"; likewise, Hemmingway.
Waylaid at the trattoria (Axel's place) by Fahrenheit 451 bookstore/piazza Duomo, the COUNT (Bobbio) extended his "largess" with the keys to his BENTLEY '59 (old classic limo) whilst he "largessed" with mutual friend/exotic fixture-Senorina FIFI -whose actual name I have yet to establish. She's: lots of make-up, 40-something. Tonight? Torquoise evening dress, Chinese silk shawl, Rossi-pearl ballet slippers; between mosaic discussions on Tolstoy, Gogol or Pushkin, always insists she's having problem's with her "bustle!"? In bed? -she just sighs..as the COUNT will discover, and LOVE is in the air, so I enjoy the Count's vino's & hospitality, making a discreet exit with ducats to spare/the BENTLEY '59 car keys, to say "Hi! & Bye!" to several local cafe/bar RAGAZZI-MENTO, bartenders & Cognoscenti!...
"DOH!?" On the way home (in the BENTLEY '59)? -the "vecchio" streets of Piacenza are sooooo narrow... Fender-bender? CASA-bender? I resorted to walking home... I THINK I switched off the Bentley's ignition/note on the dashboard/that sort of thing... (?)
2013/davedelacroix/ourmanineurope/RAGGAZZIMENTO No.1/Dont drink & drive a Classic Bentley!... Incidentally? This is NOT a CONFESSION. All Similarity to people/places: quite incidental. Towing charges? I'm NOT on the phone!!!...:)
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