Blogs from Montereale Valcellina, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, Europe

Our final journey within Italy was to Grizzo Italy. We departed ways with all of our friends and drove from Valpolicella to my birthing place, Sacile to drive by the hospital where I was born. Then we went to Grizzo where we first stopped by the very first house that I ever lived at. We played in the playground. We then checked into our hotel, Villa Cigolotti which was beautiful. We then went to our friends house, Mara, Nicola and their daughter Greta, who my parents knew when we lived in Italy. They have another daughter named Ziara but she was at a festival while we were there. They had a very nice home with a big yard, 2 chickens and a dog all of which Maja loved to play with. Nicola made a legendary seafood ... read more

I had told daddy after our trip to South Africa/Egypt/Greece this summer that my next trip I wanted to go back to Italy to see the place I was born. So this was the time. A 2 hour drive from Valpolicella and we arrived in Sacile. It is a beautiful little town. While we did not go into the hospital, he showed me what room I stayed in after I was born for 2 nights. We then passed by the town of Aviano. This is the where the Air Force Base was that daddy worked at for 3 years. We were not allowed on it anymore, since daddy is no longer in the military. He showed me the clinic he worked at, which was now a big hospital, and the school my brother went to. We ... read more