Chiudiamo oggi, io e Leo, la nostra prima settimana di vacanze, e da domani ci raggiunge la mamma e si va in montagna.10 Giga di fotografie non basterebbero a raccontare Leo in questa settimana: divertente, buffo, allegro, esploratore, sorridente, curioso, tenero, ingenuo, entusiasta…Alla fine ho scelto questa foto a chiusura di questa settimana, che, in qualche modo, rappresenta il Leo che sta venendo fuori e che sto imparando a conoscere: di petto e con il sorriso sulle labbra - verso le onde così come verso la vita che gli si apre davanti.E tra una settimana avremo un anno: avanti tutta!
That of ‘the world is small’ is a recurrent theme in our Blog. I accidentally met friends I have not met for ages around the world in the most improbable places. But I would have never thought of meeting Elena, an old friend from my times at university (who have not seen for the past nine/ten years) on the shoreline of Lido degli Estensi.The world is small. And Lido degli Estensi is its centre!
In my past post I declared I would have spent a week with Leo by myself, and was explaining how to handle it.Trick n. 2: call your mum in support!
Mathilde left yesterday. She went back to Rome. As she only recently started her new job, she has not yet accrued enough days of leave, so she could not take this week off. ‘No problem, I’ll go on vacation with Leo’ has been my position from the very beginning.‘By yourself???’ was the astonished reaction of most of the people who got to know it. ‘How will you do???’.Well, I don’t want to appear presumptuous, but the recipe is simple: clear division of tasks, and taking turns.Today it was Leo’s turn …
Although I have not been to Lido degli Estensi (‘il Lido’) for nineteen years, since the summer of my ‘maturità’ (my high-school leaving exam), il Lido is almost home for me. I have spent here the summers of my childhood, youth, and teens. Every square-centimeter of this place is soaked with memories. Every scent, every glimpse of this place evokes thousands of remembrances…I’ll tell in another post the tempest of feelings I felt in coming back in this place after so long.Certainly, as much as familiar il Lido is for me, as it is alien for Mathilde and Leo. And so, a little ‘family’ rickshaw-ride to familiarize ourselves with this new place…
Chiudiamo oggi, io e Leo, la nostra prima settimana di vacanze, e da domani ci raggiunge la mamma e si va in montagna.
