ACQUA VERDE 14

ACQUA VERDE 14

La storia che volevo raccontarti

DI  SALVATORE GIUSEPPE POMARA

ILRACCONTO DELLA DOMENICA

 

 

«La band all’angolo della strada e O sole mio con strumenti jazz e musicisti di colore; nel caso non l’avessi capito sei arrivato a New Orleans» disse Pepo a se stesso. Si era fatto lasciare poco prima dal tassì e andava a piedi. «Non c’è problema, so come arrivarci» aveva ringraziato Carol che si era offerta di passarlo a prendere in albergo. Alcuni dei parenti lo aspettavano davanti alla porta del ristorante. La band lo seguì fin dentro. Si alzarono tutti in piedi. «Welcome!» risuonò forte. Più calorosa di così l’accoglienza non poteva essere. Fra Carol e Lorraine, figlie di Paolo e Nicola  Ginestra, fu là che lo invitarono a sedersi. I tavoli disposti a rettangolo occupavano l’intera sala. Il ristorante era tutto per i Ginestra. «Welcome in New Orleans, Pepo, welcome home!» «Benvenuto a casa». Pepo aveva gli occhi umidi. Attenzione per finire di leggere il capitolo cliccare su continua

. "The band on the street corner and O sole mio, played with jazz instruments by musicians of color, just in case you had not yet realized that you've arrived in New Orleans," Pepo said to himself. The taxi had dropped him one road before his destination, and now he was on foot. "No problem, I know how to get there," he'd replied to one of his relatives, who had offered to pick him up at the hotel. The restaurant was located in the French Quarter. Some of his relatives were waiting for him in the street. The band followed him even inside the restaurant. They all stood. Nobody missed the welcoming banquet. About sixty people, making up the children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren of the Ginestra brothers, sat around the tables. It was a family reunion just like the old days. "Welcome!" rang out all around. He could not have expected a warmer welcome. Pepo, their cousin, was invited to sit between Carol and Lorraine, the daughters of Paolo and Nicola Ginestra. The tables, arranged in rectangles, occupied the whole room; the entire restaurant was for the Ginestra family. "Welcome to New Orleans, Pepo, welcome home!" "Welcome home!"

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