Seeing David again 

( note: this was written in May 2018, however, I did not get to see David once a month as stated in this article  since I moved to stay in Hong Kong around June of 2018)( 11/07/2021)

David was my neighbour 

At least for five or six years

Next door from 1983 onwards

The students now update the direction

By putting a notice with the image of David pointing towards the left hand side: 89 meters from here ( to be precise: if you want me, I am not here...but ... 89 meters away from here- to the left)*

We often enjoyed giving direction to the tourists who came to our courtyard, mistaking our entrance for the entrance of the Gallery where the original David is found

Yes, we called him David

As if he was one of our friends 

For eighteen years - the period when I was a resident of this beautiful city -, I, however, did not get to say hi to David often- 

But now, perhaps, one could get to say hello more often since the Fine Arts Authorities in Italy finally allow free entrance to almost all State Museum once a month. 

Hi my dear neighbour, thank you for the lovely memories, especially for the essay I wrote of you for my Italian entrance exam to the  Fine Arts Academy next door.

Bernadette 

Eighth of May 2018

Florence, Italy

* for some reasons, the only language not used in the Poster is Chinese - wondering why? （In 1983, I was one of the few Asian students on Campus- but most of them were from Japan)

找我嗎？我不在此；從這兒再走89米...(才是我的正確所在地)