So we took a bus ride from Palermo to Ribera. It felt like the longest ride ever, and it was HOT!! I don't remember the bus having any air conditioning... We got to Ribera during the middle of the day, and my dad and my brother found a little shop where they bought some waters and Gelatos. Ribera is little one horse town, pretty archaic ... the roads are still pretty much dirt. People still live in stone buildings, with wooden folding doors. This is where my father's parents are from. We went back to visit because my grandmother's sister Nicolina, still lives there, and we were there to celebrate her 50th wedding anniversary where her and her husband would renew their vows. We got to Zia Nicolina's house in Ribera This was the whole reason
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