Uneven cobblestones. Faded houses with chipped paint, terraces beaming with gossip, and clotheslines. Suspicious glances and big personalities. Wind that smells like clean laundry and jasmine flowers. Tradition clings tightly in Cene. Noise travels for miles. On a hill in the mountainous valley of Northern Italy sits a pink house, in the town of Cene, Bergamo. Spring 2021. Post COVID lockdown.