Fabio gets the keys to the castle like I said before, by telling the town that Marty is an American film director & he is scouting locations for his next movie. He picks Marty because of his goatee. For this amazing act we dub him "DON FABIO." The place has been rebuilt since the ruins that Don Fabio broke into to drink beer & party with his friends in. It is completely modernized & feels more like a museum than a home for an ancient bonds-trader & his family. Fabio hosts 2 music festivals a year here: 1 is a show consisting of 'one-man-bands' & I forget the other. His dream is to have a show with acts going on simultaneously throughout the place including trapeze & other high-wire acts; sound familiar?
Don Fabio defends the castle from the ramparts.
Tourists on the stairway.
Back at the apartment, Magdalena at the dinner table. Itri is known for its olive-oil & cheeses. We tried 4 or 5 different kinds of cheese that afternoon. The cheese on the plate above is braided mozzarella.
Brigadisco is the name of Don Fabio's record label. He also owns, with some friends, a sound reinforcement company: (he rents PA speakers for shows, etc...). The label is named after Italy's version of the American cowboy & outlaw: the 'brigands' who defended Italy's land & poor farmers against the encroaching mega-malls & fences of the elite. "Like Robin Hood," Don Fabio would say.
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