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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Piazza Vittoria is behind me, the chaos of the arrival has calmed down. The Mille Miglia is over. The intense smell of petrol is still lingering in the air and on my clothes. Olfaction, the sense that we develop first and helps us to get to know the world surrounding us, opens up a suggestion straight away. I imagined the Flying Mantuan victoriously crossing the finish line, in 1933.
\nWhile walking towards the car park, I notice a child with his grandfather, getting in their Fiat 500. I rush towards them to take a photograph. It\u2019s not great, but notice how many flags he\u2019d collected![\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”13315″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes”][vc_column_text]The unmistakable 500\u2019s noise is getting further and further, but I have the photogram of the special day of the two accomplices clear in front of me. Close, hand in hand, the grandfather with his reassuring voice involves the little one and encourages him to dream. The story is even more exciting when it is told by someone who lived it\u2026[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]- When I was a child, this race was part of us, of our life. I waited on that day for months on end. I was allowed to skip school for the Mille Miglia, I got up during the night to go and see my idols driving past\u2026 Many things have changed since then, but not the charm, that has remained unspoilt\u201d.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Memories are out of control, intertwined, and they pour out as an impetuous waterfall, with no interruption. Filippo\u2019s gaze is taken by his grandfather\u2019s words. Truth and legend overlap.[\/vc_column_text]