I had long wanted to visit Sant’Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio, my father's birthplace. Though I had learned much from my grandparents, who shared with me many of their wonderful memories over the years, in order to truly understand their story, I needed to witness life in and around Sant’Andrea for myself.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
I can't tell you whether we got the cheese into the country, but we were happy the Customs guy didn't even ask to look at the bag that MIGHT have had the cheese in it, and we walked through to the good ol' USA without a problem.
Friday, December 14, 2007
To my great surprise, we've had hundreds of visits to our little travel log, and a good chunk of visitors have navigated to the videos. Well, let me make it easier for you.
Friday, December 14, 2007
It was the night before our departure for Rome and there were two things on our minds: 1. We’re going to sorely miss our Sant’Andrea family. The took such great care of us, and we shared many laughs. It was heartbreaking to know we wouldn’t be able to see them often. It seemed as if we [...]
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
As I mentioned, Nino hinted that he had the cheese but wouldn’t give it to us unless we came for lunch. We would have gone anyway, but getting our hands on the cheese was an added incentive. If he didn’t have it, he would at least bring us to the guy at the Soverato market [...]
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Monday, December 31, 2007
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