Italy 2012

a trip by Jim R. Long

After dreaming of visiting my Grandfather (Frank Luporini) homeland all of my life, I'm finally going to do it. Thanks to family living in the area, a surplus of frequent flyer miles and paid leave at work, I'm spending a full month in Italy. I chose this duration as a balance between my wanting to feel like I'm "living" there, and not pissing off my boss at work! I'm heading to Frank's home town of San Ginese di Compote, which I picture as a mellow village near the outskirts of Lucca in Tuscany. From this "home base", I will make as many unscheduled trips around the country. as I can muster. In addition to all of the sights, visiting the ancestral home of nearly half my bloodline, and taking in all of the wonderful sights and history, I am really looking forward to finally using my albeit brief education in Italian, and working towards fluency during my stay. I studied it for a year at SFSU in the mid-1990's, and have dove into Rosetta Stone software over the course of the past few months.

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Trip Length: 4 weeks
Blog Entries: 7
Photos: 52
Words: 1670

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May 9th 2012	Il Mio Mese in Italia Initzia ORA!!!	Europe » Italy » Tuscany
May 9th 2012	From My Bumpy Flight to Paris, to a Hop, Skip and a Leap Over the Alps	Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence
May 10th 2012	La mia prima mattina in Italia	Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Lucca
May 13th 2012	Stasera in Pisa	Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa
May 13th 2012	Serie A Calcio: Fiorentina vs. Cagliari	Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence
May 14th 2012	Caminiamo al Lago	Europe » Italy » Tuscany
May 15th 2012	Un Giro in Lucca	Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Lucca