I would like to begin saying that it had been a wonderful day. The final result of the day had been excellent, but the beginning has not been quite well. This is a sum up of my trip: After a long and difficult trip on train(it was cold and I made half a trip with broken central heating plant)I arrive at Santa Margherita Ligure's station on Portofino at 6:00 a.m with my friend Michele. The weather is not good.....it's raining when we arrive. We decide to wait a little and in the meantime we buy some local newspaper and magazine to obtain news about the shooting of B&B's scene of that day. Thanks to some article like the one on "Secolo XIX" we became aware of the fact that the previous day(Wednesday)had been shoot the scene in which Brooke and Ridge kisses on Portofino's harbor and that during the day B&B's cast and crew will be on Camogli to shoot scene(click on the link to see the article). Fortunately the rain had stopped when we take the bus to Camogli where we reach the hotel in which the cast and crew in Italy will stay on Camogli, a hotel named "Cenobio dei Dogi". When we arrive we became aware of the fact that this hotel is the right place because outside there is a truck with scene's equipment. We decide to wait there but we notice that some people that seems to us B&B's fan go straight to Camogli's harbor instead of wait near the hotel. When we see that even Rai's cameramen(Rai is one of the most important italian channels)go to the harbor, we decide to follow the cameramen, aware that they will bring us where the scene will be shooting. When we descend, an Ape Piaggio(a  particular italian's scooter that is a mix of a scooter and a car)nearly hit me but I'm able to see that this Ape is used to bring down the grips for B"B's production. Aware that we are on the right path we arrive at Camogli's harbor and we see a huge amount of people and finally one of B&B's actor that is about to begin the shooting of a scene, Winsor Harmon(Thorne). When we arrive, Winsor is talking with some of the people of B&B's crew about the scene. Then we see in silence the shooting of a scene in which Thorne walk out from a Camogli's inn on the harbor with a sad expression in his face. We learn that every scene will be shooting three times as the production must choose the best among the three shooting. After that scene some people are choose to appear as the people walking in the harbor. In the meantime, in a path that bring to the lightouse of the harbor, Winsor is shooting a scene in which Thorne walk near a bench and turned his back. I would like to mention in particular the people that appear as the people walking through the harbor in the scene. Some of these people were totally taken from the television camera that they appear ludicrous on the shooting. Personally, I was able to bring laugh to the others that are present on the harbor(also the crew italian's members of B&B's production) with my funny remark about those people that are shooting walking through the harbor. At that time, I see walking near me Bradley Bell that went to eat something that hotel's staff had prepared for him and the rest of the cast and crew. I had been the only one to recognize him. Suddenly  there is an announce on the megaphone that make all aware that a B&B's  actress is arriving. Then we see an Ape Piaggio and from it descend, among the astonishment of the crowd, non other than Bobbie Eakes(Macy), ready to shooting her scene. I'm able to shoot one photo to her that is dressed in black with a black scarf that cover part of her hair and her head. But I'm not able to shoot other photo(for now)because I remain stunned  from her beauty. It's incredible the fact that B&B's actress that I see live, like Katherine Kelly Lang(Brooke) on an Italian's show named "C'è Posta per Te" and Bobbie there in Camogli, appear younger live than on TV during the show's scene onscreen. Obviously Bobbie has been greated with an italian "Ciao Macy" and the only shy "Hi Bobbie" come from my mouth. She respond to all with a big smile and an italian expression like "Ciao". We see, at a certain distance(because the shooting of the people walking continues)to the shooting of a scene in which Macy is walking and arrived behind Thorne, but when he turns she suddenly walk away from him(we imagine that she arrived running to the lighthouse but that day that scene hadn't been shooting). Then we learn that the scenes of  that day will be shooting until 5:00 p.m. with a lunch break among the scenes. When the lunch break is announced it's became for us "autograph's time". I give the camera to Michele and I go near Bobbie in search of her autograph. I'm about to reach Bobbie when one of the production's personnel that function as a bodyguard for her avert me to give her my block notes. Nonetheless, I'm able to reach Bobbie and to caress her shoulder. Some women and child are able to obtain a kiss on the cheek from Bobbie that kindly try to satisfy the fan as possible. The same must be say about Winsor that concede himself for some photo with the fan. Winsor and Bobbie go to a restaurant near the harbor and sometime later they have been join by Darlene Conley(Sally) after she wake up and escorted from two bodyguards that help her to descend the stairs to the restaurant. Obviously, the crowd of the fan go crazy at the sight of Darlene and, immediately after this, I and many others go in search of information about the missing actors (Katherine, Ronn Moss(Ridge), Jennifer Finnigan(Bridget), John McCook(Eric), Susan Flannery(Stephanie) , Joseph Mascolo(Massimo) Daniel McVicar(Clarke) and Sandra Vidal(Sofia)). We learn that the others are in the hotel but according to one of my personal sources, John, Daniel and Joseph have been in Rome shooting a part of  the italian's show"C'e' Posta per Te" as guest(that had been aired on Saturday November 16th). I and some fan have been reached from a co-writer of the show that had push us to begin a chorus when we will see the actors come up the stairs. When Bobbie begin to ascend the stairs, the chorus "Bobbie, Bobbie" begin from my mouth and co-writers' mouth. This time had been impossible to reach the actors because there are too much security that escorted them to the Ape Piaggio. The last to ascend the stairs has been Darlene that, with her humour, had created her personal show kissing and embracing the policemen and Ape's cauffeur and then has been bring back to the hotel. Instead, Winsor and Bobbie have been bring back to the harbor as they would continue to shooting other scenes. The shooting of the people walking in the harbor continues also as a form of diverting to remove the attention of the fan(that has been my impression). Suddenly another diverting has been created to consent to Winsor and Bobbie to walk trough the harbor without fan's attack. In fact, has been said to us that the next scene would be shooting on Camogli's market and while we go up, ad the harbor the actors had waliking undisturbed and the scene was set. When we became aware of the diverting we redescend to the harbor and at this moment we had seen walking Sandra Vidal(Sofia). Once recognized, Michele had shoot  a photo of her with my camera and I have been able to obtain a personalized autograph from her that has been kind enough to ask my name and has talking in a good italian language. Once on the harbor, we have seen shooting a scene in wich Thorne is ascending a long stairs when suddenly he changes his mind and redescend  the stairs. Then Bobbie had been escorted by the bodyguards to the Ape Piaggio but, in spite of the pushes, I have been able to give my block notes to her and she, in spite of the fact that she has been dragged out, has been able to make me her autograph and when she has give the block notes back to me, she has greeted me with an Italian "Ciao"At this point we have noticed that Sandra was near harbor's bar and I and my friend had asked to one of the people from the production to shoot a photo to us with Sandra. She has accepted immediately(as she has been wonderful to all the fan)and with great emotion from my part, she had put her arm around my neck and she had put his hand on my shoulder. . After the photo with Sandra, Winsor that had ended shooting scenes, had been escorted to the "Ape Piaggio" that would bring him back to the hotel. In spite of the huge crowd that follow him I have been able to obtain his autograph. It appeared that the scenes had been all completed and I and Michele decide to go away. Little notice:Evidently, my charm had hit again because three B&B's fans had approached me and after they asked me something one of them had insisted to shoot a photo with me and herself together(what an emotion!!!). We changed our mind about the fact to go away when we see an "Ape Piaggio" with Darlene Conley inside ready to shooting a new scene. Therefore we have redescend to the harbor and after a while has arrived another "Ape Piaggio" with Bobbie inside that had changed her clothes, and now had a brown coat without the black scarf. We had seen shooting the scene in which Macy walking through the harbor and Sally see her through the balcony of a Church overhanging the harbor(her reaction had not been shooting that day). During the three ciak of the scene in wich Macy walking through the harbor, Bobbie had approached the fan and had posed for them. Unfortunately I have been on the other side of the harbor and when I had reach the other side, the three ciaks had been completed. We had seen Darlene go away and then also Bobbie had go away in an "Ape Piaggio". Bobbie had also made a kind gesture when she had voluntarily lower the Ape's window and had concede some more autograph for the fan and then had stopped them when she was reached by too many fans. Then she had greeted us with a big smile. The actors had been bring all back to the hotel and in this way the day of the shooting has been completed. After a last greeting to the hotel "Cenobio dei Dogi", me and Michele had take the train to finally go back home after an absolutely unforgettable day(I'm sorry for my bad English I hope u will understand all I have said:)

Alessandro

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