ti
exam to enter the diplomatic school
Sandy: How long have you been in
for two years. When you finish the
Houston?
G. Volpi: I arrived in March last year. diplomatic school, you enter the for-
eign service. It is a lifetime career.
Sandy: Is this your first assignment,
Sandy: What was your first assign-
or have you had several?
G. Volpi: No, no. I have been a diplo- ment after diplomatic school?
mat for 32 years, since August, 1986. G. Volpi: My first assignment was
Miami.
Sandy: That was the year I came to
Houston/ Have you always wanted to Sandy: Miami, a very good first
be a diplomat? Did you enter a course assignment. It is beautiful there.
G. Volpi: My youngest son was born
of studies to be in the diplomatic
there. Now he is living in Austin. He
corps?
G. Volpi: In our system, you have is American.
to have a degree. Then you take an
Sandy: When your kids go to Austin,
they almost always stay there. It is a
relatively young population
G. Volpi: He’s a musician.
Sandy: That explains it.
G. Volpi: That explains it, and now
he is studying Musical Production.
Sandy: Did you get a chance to go to
SXSW?
G. Volpi: Yes. Really wonderful. The
first year I arrived in March. The end
of March was SXSW. It was wonder-
ful! I had never heard about it. But
my eldest son, who is a cinema di-
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