pondering life in the abruzzo hills

for two weeks andreas and i worked side-by-side on his family's vineyard, the nonna and mama helping out as they could. He liked chocolate cake for breakfast, talking to me for hours about astrophysics (i barely understood those italian terms), when the steel tanks heated up from the wine fermentation and driving the tractor under low branches as i stood in the back ducking down low. He was a good friend.

Down on The Farm

November 1st 2006
Down on The Farm Europe » Italy By BIGNovember 1st 2006brittan inman goldmann i came back to autumn in italy after making a large circle-swoop travel in eastern europe and arriving just in time to catch the grape and olive harvests, (not ... read more

Europe » Italy

Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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