in the piazza vecchia the square at the heart of the old town we meet much elaman audi who runs the cafe down tasa. the cafe dates back to 1476 and the any time that it has had to close for such a long periods was during war time but macho is an optimist he says now the main thing is to be there for one another and pull together. we will open the cafe as soon as everything is over here and the entire family will do their bit including him. it cannot be annulled and that often step by step will begin again. i hope very much that everyone will be buoyed by this optimism including the government and. they really. done everything possible and are doing a pretty good job prime minister conte and all the others it's an exceptional situation very very difficult you know you see all. the. macho asks whether we've already had a coffee has everywhere is closed including the motorway service stations week gladly accept his invitation. just off the ounce of vecchia is the terminal for the funny kill around the way that runs between bag and baggage. the newspaper kiosk inside is open. the thing to do