The Polish Lady has a name, and it happens to be Donna, which is lady in Italian so I really was spot on.
She came over for dinner again, our numbers have been around ten for dinner for some time now. And she was saying how Lucretia is some kind of tree (I really have no idea, her Poltalian is difficult to understand). And Virginia said, “e Virginia?” and later Donna goes on to tell her that she has a grand name and “she will it’s good.”
Virgi: “vede il futuro?” you see the future
Donna: “si, si.”
Me: [eyebrows raise in amusement and surprise]
Virgi: can you read my hand?
Donna: “si” tries for a bit and then says it is hard to read and she’ll do it another day
Virgi: domani?
Donna: I don’t know…For I cannot say if it’ll work tomorrow.
Franco: mine?
Donna: Si, oh, you have good lines…very good lines. You don’t like adventures…sometimes?
Franco; si…
Donna: ah, I can see…and you see, the reason I can see is because I have a very good aura. A very positive spirit. I was born on [some date] which means [some thing] etc. etc.
Luigia enters.
Franco: she’s reading my hand.
Luigia: oh, read mine!
Donna; another time, another time
Luigia: okay, tomorrow then.
By this time Donna had had 2-3 cups of wine and I was a bit anxious to see what would happen if she kept drinking…
At some point during this Elizabeth laughed so hard she had to excuse herself. Can’t blame her, years of acting training were finally put to use as I tried not to break at the dinner table. Che buffo questa donna!
Then Franco takes us up to the very top of our building and we had a most gorgeous panaromic view of Siena…Breathtaking! So, so gorgeous, even at night. We saw the tops of all the churches and the tower in the Campo and the tower of the cathedral. Bellissima citta! We are going to see it during the day sometime and I’ll post proper pictures then.
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