As the world knows by now George Clooney loves spending holidays on our lake in his wonderful Villa Oleandra in Laglio. Recently the american star was involved in a pretty curious episode that ended on the pages of our local daily newspaper La Provincia, here and here. An episode so much curious that inspired me to write this letter to the newspaper, published in the feature Letters to the director:

I’m asking myself how many smiles did snatch the article published on last Saturday on our daily newspaper about the curious episode which featured the nice George Clooney riding his Harley up to Dizzasco, where as it seems he went for an unannounced visit to the rest house and wasn’t recognized by the doorkeeper.
Being a Vespa enthusiast and a two-wheels lover I tried to imagine what could have happened if he did got there riding a Vespa rather than on his roaring Harley-Davidson. The Vespa has been a symbol of freedom for generations of italians as it is nowadays, so I like to believe that if he would have got there on a Vespa the doorkeeper would have had a different attitude, maybe recalling the journeys he did in youth with his own Vespa. Such a passion in common would have acted as a pass much more than the noisy american bike.
Personally it happened to me more than once that not-so-young people did stop to have a look at my Vespa and with a true smile began telling me their adventures spent riding the Piaggio’s scooter.
George gives a good example by choosing a two-wheels for his trips around the province of Como. This is something more people that seem to prefer giving in to the chaos and stress caused by the traffic fed by themselves rather than leaving the comfort of their cars even for a few kilometers should do.
I would lend my Vespa to the american star with pleasure, so that the next time he’ll be luckier during his unannounced visits without press managers along with him. He may know very well every palm of Hollywood and be a lover of the Easy Rider movie, but he still probably do ignore how to get welcomed by the people of our lake.

The nice reply by Pierangelo Marengo: Yours, besides being a profession of love for the Vespa, is a pleasant digression into the world of the possible. Of course it’s all to be demonstrated, but no one can prevent you from indulging in a dream on two wheels.