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southernyankeebelle

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13. Oh I go by plane. We have Italian relatives. When we go we stay with them.
Thu Feb 28, 2013, 04:52 PM
Feb 2013

OMG it is so much fun. The life is so different. We get up in the morning go shopping for buy our food for the day. Then we come home and fix the food. We eat our main course around 1:00 which is usually a pasta dish and fish or meat. Dinner is usually lite and we also have fruit. Wine for those who like to have a glass of wine. Then we usually sit around the table and talk and talk and sometimes we play games. That is usually in the summer time. Some times we are withiingn walking distance from the ocean and we go spear fishing and bring back our catch and our aunt cooks it. All of the families get together downstairs in the villa and we sing songs and play games. It is so nice to see the little kids to adults sitting around. My uncle is a musician and usually his friends would come down with their families and everyone comes around and we sing and dance. Those were the good old days when I was a kid.

As a secular observer, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Those gardens! Wow! I often ChisolmTrailDem Feb 2013 #1
Lifestyles of the Rich and Legally Untouchable (R) Berlum Feb 2013 #2
Yup, he shielded that child molestor because we don't have an extradition treaty with CTyankee Feb 2013 #6
+1 RedCappedBandit Feb 2013 #36
And Previously Infallible. Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #43
I love Italy. You can go anywhere in the country and see history. The food is great southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #3
As Irish as I am, Italy would be my absolute choice..n/t monmouth3 Feb 2013 #8
LOL, I love the Irish. I alway wanted to go to Ireland. Another beautiful country. southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #17
I have been to Ireland once. RebelOne Feb 2013 #19
I've always wanted to go to Ireland. I love the people because like Italians they seem to love southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #28
I was only there twice and I'd love to go back. I've been to quite a bit of Italy and also CTyankee Feb 2013 #9
Oh I love it so much. I have my relatives there. My mother was from Naples. My southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #14
I was planning on visiting Naples in 07 but complications from surgery sidelined me. CTyankee Feb 2013 #15
Well there really is a difference between the southern and northern parts of Italy. southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #20
Yeah, I took a dinky train from Santa Margararita to Milan which wasn't so great... CTyankee Feb 2013 #22
To be honest I'm tired of travelling now. I'm happy to be home in a quiet rural area. southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #24
I'm doing as much as I can while I still CAN. I have this addiction to art, in addition to greatfood CTyankee Feb 2013 #27
My husband went to London and he enjoyed it. He stayed at a bed and breakfast. He southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #30
My mother was bitten by the travel bug and now I am, too. She took me to Europe way back CTyankee Feb 2013 #31
I liked hanging in them too. But I also loved going into the catherals. They are so southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #32
I have a dream trip in mind: visiting some of the great cathedrals of France! CTyankee Feb 2013 #35
Yes but don't miss the small ones either. My uncle took us to a small chapel. The southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #37
So much in Italy alone (altho Napoleon did his part in trying to steal it...and succeeded in CTyankee Feb 2013 #39
No I haven't. Did you get to see Notre Dame Catheral? My sister went and she said it was southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #41
In Paris? Yes. Marvelous. You can't really miss it... CTyankee Feb 2013 #44
Yes indeed. southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #46
Ancestors on my mom's side from Tuscany...small town of Fibbialla... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #38
That is such a beautiful region. But I have never been there, sorry to say. southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #42
where is it near? It looks beautiful! CTyankee Feb 2013 #45
Here you go.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #47
I'm not much of a traveller, I just don't 'get it', but I get it when it comes to Italy. Whisp Feb 2013 #10
Oh I go by plane. We have Italian relatives. When we go we stay with them. southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #13
That sounds so wonderful. Thanks. Whisp Feb 2013 #16
Thanks. You know one thing I do remember my Uncle telling me when he came southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #21
Europe it's where history comes from loli phabay Feb 2013 #23
What is that suppose to mean? All I meant was my uncle said we in america don't southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #25
only interesting part is that he is going to castle gandolf-------o dembotoz Feb 2013 #4
I found it very sad! hrmjustin Feb 2013 #5
That's always been the hedge for Catholics BeyondGeography Feb 2013 #7
I missed it and hope it ends up online somewhere so I can catch it. nt Mojorabbit Feb 2013 #11
Me too, I was glad I fell out of bed for that. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #12
It felt just like Saigon ca 1975 Capt. Obvious Feb 2013 #18
Good thought. LOL. It kinda of did except no one was shooting. I'm glad to old crow is gone. southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #26
I'll bet the next pope'll be tons better. Bucky Feb 2013 #33
You are dreaming the dream that isn't going to happen in our lifetime. Do you know southernyankeebelle Feb 2013 #34
Yes, very cool. elleng Feb 2013 #29
Off topic, but you might enjoy Stephen Wiltshire drawing Rome from memory Brother Buzz Feb 2013 #40
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