Cosima Spender Quotes

I grew up in Siena and was surrounded by the Palio, and all my friends at school were obsessed with it. But since my parents are English, I was never quite part of it.

Cosima Spender

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• I grew up in Siena and was surrounded by the Palio, and all my friends at school were obsessed with it. But since my parents are English, I was never quite part of it.

  

  Cosima Spender
  • Parents
  • Never
  • English