Week 5 – Image 1

Vincenzo’s with Umbrian blanco on a Saturday night is a perfect place to people watch.  Groups and couples pass by dressed up like Sunday morning.  A bride and groom pass by, he lending his jacket to warm her shoulders from the fresh, cool breeze.  Families, children swarming around their ankles, lick gelato in waffle cones.  Couples walk hand in hand leaning into each other in private conversation.  Suits in all shapes and sizes strut with confidence up the steep concrete sidewalks littered with cobblestones.  Waves of banter and laughter flow past my chair as I savor one last evening in Spoleto.  The need to remember the warm glow of the wine, the air cooling my neck, the rapid fire Italian sing songing around me brings a tear to wash the images stored in my psyche, blending beautiful vistas with loving smiles that will be with me forever.