Dad, until the day of his death, he traveled a lot. One of the goals
Top of his movements was Rome.
always traveled by plane, during the short trips.
Sometimes, for long trips, like when he went to follow the Taormina Film Festival or the annual Mozart in Salzburg, he moved with the machine.
He liked to travel by car, even for long hours together and alone: \u200b\u200bit probably gave him a sense of freedom.
I, for one, can not remember having ever accompanied by car in one of his long journeys.
My traveling by car with him is bound only to our memories of family trips extended, Sundays and surrounding area, dating from the days of my childhood, and then to travel - often, however, to a certain point during my teenage years - to go and spend the weekend in Piano Zucchi (CAS hut) Madonie.
For him, it was like going to Rome, take the bus was a commuter, going early in the morning and often returning in the evening, with the last flight.
This was precisely the circumstance of his death. He went to the following
Ferdinando Stagno D'Alcontres (he was a close associate), first as President of ARS, and later as President of the Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie VE Sicily.
Many of the recent trip to Rome were correlated with the institutional activities planned for the Pirandello Prize for theater, sponsored by the Savings Bank under the auspices of the Presidency of the Republic (the presentation Journal of Alcontres Prix, his deputy Visalli, dad and some others were all received by the President of the Republic, at that time Saragat).
But in Rome, was too many times to follow the parliamentary work, because - even after going to work on the Savings Bank as Head of Press, continued to be responsible for the direction of Sicilian Chronicles of Parliament, the official magazine (monthly ) the Sicilian Regional Assembly, whose leadership kept for almost twelve consecutive years until his death.
Once he told us this episode (which, recently, there has been evoked in the same way some people we met during a trip to Palazzo Adriano).
was in Rome and was to enter the Chamber of Deputies, but - at that time - was not with him the press card, or an usher stopped him particularly attentive to the door.
The attendant after asking him what his name rang someone of high rank to solve the problem or to seek advice.
Apparently, the request was turned Amintore Fanfani himself.
The clerk said, 'Here is someone who wants to enter the door.
"What's his name?
" His name is Francesco Crispi ".
Fanfani said:" Here, a Francesco Crispi can always come free! The doors are always open for him!
And my father went to the Palace with all the honors of rank.
Evidently the usher was quite fast in history.
