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A couple of years ago, I think it was 2009, I was standing in the village I grew up in, on the shores of the lake of Geneva, in Switzerland. I hadn't visited the place in a long while and yet, places from ones childhood have this singular way of retaining a certain familiarity. I remember how it was oyster season and in the middle of the vineyards, some posh people had come from afar to have shellfish in a cellar. I heard them happily chatting away over their dinner in the galley in front of the terraced main square of the village. The sun was setting in my back and I was staring at the lake, waiting for the car to turn up, which would prevent me from having to walk back all the way up the hill to the place I was staying at... yes, I'm a bit lazy sometimes. It just so happened that I felt an urge to turn around, suddenly facing the backlit kids playing soccer behind me. They were joyfully kicking the ball around, just as I remember having done ages ago.

They could as well have been us.

More from The Italian Tales... This is Bellagio, on Lago di Como. As you can see the rain was a loyal companion... If you haven't yet, you can catch the whole story in the Set "Italian Tales".

Cheers,

F