Our church choir rehearsed last night; Eleanor was told about it by a choir member on Sunday. After starting to describe where said rehearsal would be held, he suddenly asked where we lived, and then said that he'd just go with us because it was easier than explaining.
At 8:55, he duly met us in the Piazza Jacopone. I had thought we'd be walking, but he took us to the Piazza del Popolo so that he could retrieve his car from a (predictably) tight little quasi-parking area next to the Duomo. At one point, he re-emerged and I thought maybe I had misunderstood and that he was expecting us to follow him, so off we trotted. Just in time to see him get into the car, put it into gear, and bang! wham into the car behind his. He then gunned it and got it up the hill. With much maneuvering, he finally managed to negotiate the auto into the Piazza, at which point we got into his car.
When we got to the rehearsal location (which required a drive of about twice the distance it would take to walk because of road closures & one-way streets), our driver got out, and checked out the back of his car for scratches, then patted it down. The girls & I couldn't let our eyes meet for fear of spluttering with laughter. We went around an apparently deserted building, then clambered down some dark steps to come across about 10 others waiting in a pitch-black alley next to said building. Problem? We were waiting on the key!
At 9:15 (a quarter of an hour after the rehearsal's official start time), a cheerful young man came rambling up with a key, and we could get into the room. And promptly at 9:50, the rehearsal started. We got through one of the two songs by 11, at which time we adjourned. I must say, it was delightful to sing again, and Marco really is quite a good choir director.
On the way back, I checked out the speedometer while he was going at a normal pace into Todi: 12 mph! After that, we had the chance to join Michael in time to hear the excellent band play "Happy Birthday" to some unknown...
Love,
Alexandra
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