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Fran Guidry
Ha`aha`a
USA
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 Posted - 05/15/2003 : 05:09:54 AM
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Even though Calabria is a large province, it's rarely mentioned in the guide books, except to warn of the bandits and kidnappers in one of our books. It's the foot of the boot, and we're visiting Lynn's relatives at a hillside farm just above Diamante, on the west coast just above Sicily.
The area is incredibly beautiful, with vast rugged mountains (one of the first National Parks in Italy) marching down to sandy beaches and sparkling blue water. My driving is much more defensive around here since the roads are barely big enough for a Fiat, but are two way with all manner of trucks and Mercedes going both ways.
I have an appointment to play slack key again for the bambino who's coming up for a visit this afternoon. The family is delighted with the sweet sound of the "chitarra", even if they're a little disappointed that I don't do any tarantellas or "Arrivederci Roma."
We're writing from an Internet store in Belvedere, one of a string of lovely beach resort towns that cater to the Italian and German tourists who flood the area for two months in the summer, then leave the locals in peace for the rest of the year. We still have to visit the hill town of Buonvincino, where Lynn's family, the Maiolinos, built the town church in the early 1800s about the same time they built the farm house we're visiting.
Ciao, et buongiorno,
Fran
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