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17 October 2024–Looking for Sunshine—or, at least, no rain: Raining today—again! :). So…we drove to where there would be no rain. We went to the Montefiore Conca, San Leo, and Rimini, all still in Emilia-Romagna, although in the Rimini province (not Modena). We could not go to Rimini without checking out the beach, so we
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16 October 2024–In Search of our Carzoli ancestors: Today was a rainy day. Nevertheless, we headed out to the mountains bordering Castelfranco, Emilia-Romagna, where we are currently staying. According to the genealogy I have already completed, my nonno’s parents and ancestors appeared to have originated in Emilia-Romagna. I knew the small towns within the province
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15 October 2024–Today was Bologna Day! Bologna is in the province of Modena, which is in the region of Emilia-Romagna, in Italy. What a wonderful visit this turned out to be! Bologna is not unlike many other major cities we’ve visited thus far: One cannot drive through the City Historic Center, and parking, even in
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14 October, 2024—Thanks to our resident roosters at this B&B in Castelfranco, Modena, we woke up bright and early this morning in order to have breakfast and drive to the local Caseificio BioReggiano (Parmigiano cheese producer) for a tour. Following the tour, we had a serendipitous find: Luciano Pavarotti’s house in Modena, Italy. The historic
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13 October 2024–Emotional Departure and New Adventures—This morning, we left Coreglia, my native home. We traveled to Castelfranco, Modena, Emilia Romagna, Italy, where we participated in a Balsamic Vinegar from Modena tour. Needless to say, leaving Coreglia was an emotional experience. At the same time, it was an opportunity to look forward to yet another
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12 October 2024–Another old/new friend and a drive/tram ride to Florence! Elisa Guidotti had asked me to try to carve some time before we left for Modena to meet in person with her because she wanted to give me some literature that she has written about Coreglia. At the same time, she mentioned that there
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11 October 2024–Today is Chloe’s 13th birthday, so HAPPY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY to our darling, Chloe! Today is also Patty’s birthday, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our daughter-in-law, Patty! Besides these two seminal occasions, today we are meeting Augusto Rinaldi and Mirella Marchi, two new friends we’ve met in Coreglia, for coffee, after which Augusto arranged to
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10 October 2024–We are still in Coreglia, and it is still cloudy and sometimes spitty outside. Nevertheless, the scenery/landscape is phenomenal. The Apennines and the Alps are clearly visible outside our unit’s door, and the green vegetation all around is soothing and visually breathtaking! With a collection of mosquito bites and recognition that there were
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9 October 2024–Today was a cemetery research day for us! The weather was still mostly cloudy, with intermittent drizzle and/or rain, and with some sunshine every now and then. The mosquitoes were hungry, especially because we were trouncing on wet or damp grass. Nevertheless, we were determined to get through as many cemeteries where I
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October 8, 2024–Very heavy intermittent downpours/rain today. It seemed to be coming down in waves, from downpour, to drizzle, to cloudy, to downpour,….We got soaked, even with umbrellas! But, hey, the weather was not cold, really, it was another soaking bath! We met my cousin Nadia Moscardini in Barga (where she lives—on a mountain across
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