The Codispoti shoe store is still there, kind of
The Codispoti clan got by pretty well during World War II thanks to this little shoe store, in which the family sold imports from Torino....
The Codispoti clan got by pretty well during World War II thanks to this little shoe store, in which the family sold imports from Torino....
If you've never been there, or would like a refresher, here's what it looks like. I'm not the best photographer, but it gets better after...
The tree-lined street has a bed of stone, with a mixture of small shops and homes, including Zio Angelo's, on either sided. It's obviously "uptown,"...
After Graziela gave us all the time she had available, she brought us up to meet the mayor, Maurizio Lijoi. Maurizio took one look at the...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urg8G4itF3A] Not to be intimidated, Uncle Bruno did what I considered to be unthinkable just hours earlier and ventured down the alley in our Fiat...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMXS-njYV5M] The last time Uncle Bruno visited Sant'Andrea, the trip up the mountains to the old monastery in Serra San Bruno took more than 3 hours....
Wanna keep up with all things Sant'Andrea? Check out the daily Sant'Andrea blog. It's updated by resident Francesco Ranieri. He started the blog in August...
I ran out of DVD space before I could get to Toto, the man who talks to God. Toto was in a truck accident years back...
[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...
[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...