Late breaking news from HHR in that today Debbie deviated from the planned activities and pulled Larry with her. Let’s drive deeper into the story.
HHR: Debbie, I have heard that you tried to emulate an oyster and create your own Pearl. Tell us about that. I hope you didn’t bother Larry too much,
Debbie: I woke up with something in my mouth and it looked like a tooth but it wasn’t. It was part of my temporary tooth cover. And the only bother to Larry was when he had to pry open my hand from my comatose state and listen to me mumbling “I knew it!” So yes, I have what I call a little pearl but you don’t have to tell everything you know.
HHR: Actually I do I’m a reporter. Oh, Larry . What did you do?
Larry: Well, we just carried on to Florence. We should have given Debbie a stiff couple of drinks. She was sort of dazed. She found a special container to carry her little pearl with her
HHR: is it true? Did Debbie almost caused an international incident on the train?
Debbie: Hey, wait a minute. That was Joyce.
Joyce: Well, that Russian lady started yelling and threw our suitcases out of the seats and on the floor. I just yelled back. Their were plenty of empty seats. In fact 400 or so. I looked it up.
HHR: Jerry. What do you and Larry do?
Jerry; We just thought they could fight it out. It wasn’t Larry or my suitcase. Debbie and Joyce are pretty scrappy! Although Debbie kept mumbling about a pearl. She just wasn’t focused.
Joyce: After the incident, I did get information through my contacts of who the American embassy recommends for medical/dental emergencies in Florence. I did have to give it to Debbie a couple of times and she did try to make me hold Pearl while she read it.
Debbie: We made it to Florence after a heart stopping taxi ride to the flat
HHR Larry how was the flat?
Larry: Definitely old and authentic. It has two winding staircases. One that goes through the master and up with no bathroom. Joyce looked at Debbie still clutching her pearl and said that Debbie could have the downstairs bedroom. It would have been hard to get a suitcase up a winding staircase.
HHR : So now you are in Florence with your little Pearl what did you do Debbie? Did you fly back home? It must be awful for Larry to walk around with a toothless companion.
Larry. It’s okay, she held her own with the Russian. HHR, I would be careful with her.
Debbie: I screwed up my courage and called a number to leave a message . To my great surprise, the dentist answered and agreed to meet me at 5 on a Saturday yet. Larry went with me. (I did not have the entourage like when I broke my finger in Hawaii.)
Larry. We took a taxi to the dentist’s office and she was very nice. She convinced Debbie that it would be ok and gave her a prescription.
HHR. You were in the suburbs. How did you get home?
Larry: You won’t believe this. Dr Moll drove us home in her tiny electric car when she couldn’t get a taxi. Now that is service because we would have been in a pickle.
HHR and Pearl ?
Debbie: I still have her in a special case waiting to come back to the USA.
HHR And how is Larry holding up? Is he embarrassed by Debbie’s carrying on?
Debbie: Just fine…He got to talk about electric cars with the dentist….he skipped a church visit..he ate Debbie’s lunch. We are thinking of coming to Florence for our next dental work. Now go interview someone else. Carrying on….l might have wiped a tear from my eyes but did not carry on.
