Melania and Nonna

Nonna is the classic Italian grandmother. We communicate mostly through charades. Or she says things in Italian and I say Si or Graze. She has been taking care of people since she was a girl because her parents died in an American air raid in WWII. Nonna likes to cook and is good at it, which was good for me. She and Melania are good at saving the day, like when I get lost in Pozzuoli because they closed the Metropolitanna. Nonna has also a no-nonsense edge to her personality which is very enduring and actually reminds me of my Grandmother. My Grandmother is not as crazy a driver as Nonna is though.

Roma ah

January 16th 2007
Who ever thought to say Rome would be a nice calm city, but after coming from Napoli, that's exactly what it is. Just got in and got my hotel sorted out. Made it to the internet cafe, a manditory stop. I took lots of photos today of Napoli before I left so that I can show you some of it, but this computer isn't letting me upload so I will have to find a different Internet cafe tomorrow to show ... read more

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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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