Ten months ago I moved to France (again). Paris, 17th arrondissement, there is a café on the corner, Alfredo is at the counter. Alfredo wears a black hat with a wide brim, leather bracelets and narrow silk scarves from the flea market. He looks a bit like the French version of a Latin American cowboy, probably on purpose since he lived there for a long time, Mexico, Argentina, Cuba... hence the "o" in his name.

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