I think it was last year that Nanny and Poppy sold their share of this tract of land by the Marina — it can’t be more than 500 feet from the beach — to Uncle Angelo and his family. For many years before the sale, the land went untouched. Now it has two buildings — a [...]
Thursday, November 22, 2007
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reZbBVXoEvM] After our dip, Nino expressed surprised that we survived the treacherous November waters. “The last guy had a heart attack,” he said. Or at least I think that’s what he said.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8399724299004522844&pr=goog-sl] We didn’t see why everyone made such a fuss, but Uncle Bruno and I thought the 70-degree weather was perfect for a dip in the sea. In Sant’andrea, going into the water in November is pure lunacy. Nino, who took us to the marina after a 3-hour excursion in hunt for the cheese, called us “sick.” [...]
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=304214318353816860&pr=goog-sl] With Sant’Andrea sitting way up on a hill (many of the small towns along the Ionian Sea were built far from the shore as a defense mechanism), it’s quite a ride to get to and from the rest of the world. Nanny and Poppy say there are 60 curves from top to bottom. I didn’t [...]
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
[googlevideo=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2642837790750892188&pr=goog-sl] Wait for the narrative.
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