Faces
In Faces, we introduce you to the people
of Tuscany: the Fiorentini, Senese, the people of the olives. To
know this place, you must know it's people.
 Andrea
No saint, no devil; if you grew up in a small village in most parts
of the world, you probably knew someone like Andrea.
Always astride a bike, when he's not at school he'll be found riding
to and fro, talking with whomever happens along.
His father works in the Terracotta factory and works early hours,
so after lunch Andrea will often help him picking olives or tending
to the "campo". 
This assumes that his favorite calcio (football
or soccer) squad, "Inter", is not playing, of course. And that none
of the other children are having birthdays.
As he lives in a town of 250 amid the Crete Senese,
when one child has a b'day party, all children are invited, no matter
the age.
In the summers,
you'll find him playing in the park with the other children
until well past 11 or even midnight.
You see, the
temperature gets so hot during the day that "siesta"
is necessary and shopping, visiting or playing takes
place in the cooler evening hours. Regardless, it's
safe and all the parents use the time to catch up with
their neighbors.
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