Montelapiano, Saturday July 9th
Marco's Aunt and Uncle, Zia Galizio and Zia Delfina, her daughter Giovanna and husband Marc and daughters Laure d'anna(far right) and Chiara (left).
Saturday we woke up and showered in this teeny tiny little bath shower and were ready to explore! A knock at the door and you would swear Ennio DeFrancesco was there, but it was his brother, Galletio (please forgive the spelling!) was there with the girls cousins to walk us around the town. So we explored with a guide for 1.5 hours and ended at his house for a little refreshment. He built his house in the 60's as a summer home and still spends most of the summer there with his wife and family and their families! It has an incredible view over the valley and Villa Santa Maria which is the town at the bottom of the hill and has about 1000 residents I believe. Montelapiano has about 65 year round and maybe that goes up to 150-200 in the summer. This is the town where Ennio my father-in-law grew up with his 7 siblings. It is the coolest little town, so beautiful, a little breeze always, about 2100 feet in elevation. There are no stores but one bar and a fruit-veggie-bread truck comes around once a day and beeps if you want to purchase anything. The town is on a hill so if you go down to visit someone...you must plan on the upward journey!
We visited Villa Santa Maria then came back for Snacks at Tia and Tio's. Joavanna and her husband Marc were in from Paris with their two girls. So the 4 girls went off and we drank coffee!
Then another cousin, Vincenzoo (forgive my terrible spelling I am sure...) came in that Marco played with as a kid and chat chat chat and off we are going to Falo (spelling?) down the mountain and accross then a litte up the next mountain. This is where another one of Ennio's sisters lives. It was nice to see her and chat then on to Vincensios to meet his wife, who spent 7 years in South Africa so spoke Italian and english with a south african accent. We had a great time and then went out to dinner. Then they were so kind as to go down their mountain and climb ours so we could find our way back home - gratie!
Ahhh, sleep! We are meeting tomorrow to climb down to the vinyards where Marcos Grandfather Domenico worked the fields.
Saturday we woke up and showered in this teeny tiny little bath shower and were ready to explore! A knock at the door and you would swear Ennio DeFrancesco was there, but it was his brother, Galletio (please forgive the spelling!) was there with the girls cousins to walk us around the town. So we explored with a guide for 1.5 hours and ended at his house for a little refreshment. He built his house in the 60's as a summer home and still spends most of the summer there with his wife and family and their families! It has an incredible view over the valley and Villa Santa Maria which is the town at the bottom of the hill and has about 1000 residents I believe. Montelapiano has about 65 year round and maybe that goes up to 150-200 in the summer. This is the town where Ennio my father-in-law grew up with his 7 siblings. It is the coolest little town, so beautiful, a little breeze always, about 2100 feet in elevation. There are no stores but one bar and a fruit-veggie-bread truck comes around once a day and beeps if you want to purchase anything. The town is on a hill so if you go down to visit someone...you must plan on the upward journey!
We visited Villa Santa Maria then came back for Snacks at Tia and Tio's. Joavanna and her husband Marc were in from Paris with their two girls. So the 4 girls went off and we drank coffee!
Then another cousin, Vincenzoo (forgive my terrible spelling I am sure...) came in that Marco played with as a kid and chat chat chat and off we are going to Falo (spelling?) down the mountain and accross then a litte up the next mountain. This is where another one of Ennio's sisters lives. It was nice to see her and chat then on to Vincensios to meet his wife, who spent 7 years in South Africa so spoke Italian and english with a south african accent. We had a great time and then went out to dinner. Then they were so kind as to go down their mountain and climb ours so we could find our way back home - gratie!
Ahhh, sleep! We are meeting tomorrow to climb down to the vinyards where Marcos Grandfather Domenico worked the fields.
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