Abby Has Been Hiding in Italy!
They’ll never catch me here, Abby thought, as she wandered through the vineyards of Tuscany, ducking into a castello here and there, hiding among the cypress trees now and again. The grape vines were opulent; the vineyards guarded by trees of plump olives and trees of pomegranates. As she sat among the vines, she could not help but stare at the tall hill in the distance where she could clearly see the outlines of the castle of her childhood dreams. She smiled, stood up and decided to walk the other way, toward the grove of umbrella pines where she could spend the night.
Abby awoke to a brilliant Tuscan sunshine, but she noticed a shadow nearby. As she sat up, a stranger approached her. “Buon Giorno! Andiamo!” Abby was led to a nearby village and fed a breakfast of cappuccino and pane. Abby’s broken Italian perfectly matched the villager’s broken English, so they spent the morning trading stories of their lives. The villager was not frightened by Abby’s problem, and Abby was charmed by life in the Tuscan village. A deal was struck. Abby was to tend the vineyards for a small sum of Euros daily, as well as as much Brunello as she could drink. Abby was delighted and toiled for days in the vineyards fueled by the sunshine, the beauty of the countryside, and the Brunello.
Finally, Abby thanked the villager for the kindness, and was thanked in turn for a job well done. Abby had accumulated the Euros she needed, and determined to return home and face justice. The plane ride back to the States was tedious, but softened by the Italian spoken by the flight attendants and perhaps a nostalgic glass or two of Rosso.
The day arrived and Abby walked up the steps of the imposing government building. After much sparring with bureaucracy, Abby successfully paid her speeding ticket and left the building a free woman; a woman no longer on the lam; a woman who could make her own way to a new life!
Posted by agingboomerchick at 10/22/2011 10:19 AM 
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Tags: italy vineyards Brunello Tuscany cappuccino pane Rosso
Categories: uncategorized
Tags: italy vineyards Brunello Tuscany cappuccino pane Rosso
Ha!! What I wouldn't give to see Abby Ceede working in a vineyard and getting her nails dirty!!! Abby's friend just got a real speeding ticket... No vineyard to work out my feelings! Ah, life is unfair!
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