in the piazza vecchia the square at the heart of the old town we meet marcelo minardi who runs the cafe downtown so. 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. in step by step will begin again. i hope very much that everyone will be buoyed by this optimism including the government and. they've really done everything possible and they're doing a pretty good job prime minister conte and all the others it's an exceptional situation very very difficult you know. that the. macho asks whether we've already had a coffee as everywhere is closed including the motorway service stations we clearly accept his invitation. just off the answer vecchia is the terminal for the finnicky to run away that runs between bag and bag. the newspaper kiosk inside is open. to the middle can i see the daily newspaper please here you a