Jennie Kim and I in Paliano (part 2)

Horses are part of my life and, in one way or another, I always stumble upon them. And every time I am grateful for having stumbled upon them. It happened to me when I was semi-paralyzed and then with my husband's illness.

Horses save lives because they heal the soul. The body is easier to heal than the soul, and if you have a healthy soul the illness heals faster.

But I didn't know that horses would also be my point of contact with the rest of the world.

So, finally the day arrives when the famous 72 hours with Jennie began and again the protagonist is the horse.

The technicians had been at work for a few days and the house had been filled with about forty cameras. I thought that would be enough, but I was wrong. At a certain point 35 Korean people arrived and established their operational headquarters in the winery, where we do the wine tastings, and many of them had other portable cameras!

The story begins with Jennie arriving at the equestrian center where the real Maria hands her the pony Bamby and ideally brings her into her life. Roberta and Jennie begin to take care of Bamby and brush her with love.

While I was waiting at Donna Vittori, I received messages from the equestrian center that the meeting with Roberta (and Maria incognito) had been very nice and that Jennie was very confident with horses. Strange: I am not aware of equestrian traditions in Korea, and I do not know any Korean champions.

The first scene of the meeting between me and Jennie begins with a statue of a horse that we are adding to our large collection at the Horse Museum (www.horsemuseumfoundation.org). Jennie is very surprised, she thought she was in an equestrian center and instead she found herself in a company that produces wine and ancient grains, Donna Vittori Borgo Agricolo. And which is also a farm.

I will write the gnocchi recipes in another story, in the meantime I wanted to talk about the total point of contact we had when we talked about horses. Jennie and I had tears in our eyes because horses entered our lives and were the refuge where we went when we needed comfort.

Jennie grew up in New Zealand, but I didn't know her before meeting her and, in order not to ruin the spontaneity of the relationship, I didn't start looking for information about her, preferring to leave the relationship that would have been born to fate. I didn't want to have preconceptions or superstructures that would have prevented me from being natural.

And then being spontaneous, with 35 people from the crew watching you, for someone who isn't in the entertainment world is not exactly natural!

So, when we went to the equestrian center for the last scene I also took her to Alcam, the colt who at the time wasn't yet tamed and who calls me every time I go to visit him. Alcam is the son of Lettera, the horse on the label of the Cesanese DOCG wine .

The final photo of Jennie with me and Bamby will be in my heart forever.

My husband was instead helped by art, but this too will be a new story.