![]() He hates taking out the green notebook and writing a fine. He will let you cheat a bit on time-but not too much. If you transgress, he will give you a friendly warning, because he knows everybody’s car and where everyone is, and often-believe it or not-he has come to ring the doorbell at my studio to remind me it’s time to pay. When he sees me he tells me about how he went to the top of the church tower, and how beautiful the landscape is from there, or he lets me know my car’s left front tire is a bit low, or describes Fiesole as it used to be when he was a kid-and he does this with everybody. But Roberto is the most popular guy in town. You know the routine: After you park, you put coins in a machine, print a piece of paper, and leave it on the dashboard from that moment, time ticks away in the back of your mind. He is the parking attendant in the little historical town of Fiesole where I go to work every day. Introduction to the 10th Anniversary Edition ![]()
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