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The Adratic sea
... instead of sand.
The Adriatic sea is on the coasts of Italy, Slovenia, Albania, Switzerland, Croatia, Montenegro and France is connected to it by drainage pipes. The adriatic sea is mostly connected to the Abruzzo Region of Italy. This sea has 1300 islands inside it and most ...
Lanciano
... bell will ring 10 times), there is also the higher toned bell which rings after the loud. It can ring up to three times once the big bell is done, to tell you every 15 minutes (if it is 10:15 the big bell rings 10 time then the little bell rings once). These bells can be great and you always know the time but there is some cons to it. The bells don't stop ringing so you can imagine what it's like at 12 at night, also for 15 minutes before church ...
We've reached the Homeland. Penne & Pescara
... and were treated not only like family but royalty. We ate, we drank, we laughed, we learned some Italian and taught some English...and we didn't ever want to leave.
Penne is in the Abruzzo region of Central Italy and is a small, quaint town with storied history dating back to around 300 BC. We were bless to have the niece of Antonio, Ertilia "Erti" take us around the town by foot. She speaks great English so we ...
Our final full day - also know as Ike-UGH!
... the coffee in bed and let her gaze out over the beautiful scenery. I set my coffee next to her and we relaxed a bit, sipping our drinks and looking out over the amazing scenery.
It wasn't long before Giulio made his daily rounds, for which we were grateful. It may sound as though having a daily visit from our friend during what was supposed to be our honeymoon would be annoying, but we knew that he was the key to us taking care of so many details, and we had one more to ...
Our ventures with the Venturas
... them of my suggestion that Abruzzo is the next Tuscany, as that is a standpoint they have held to passionately for some time. They are clearly proud of their home and what they do to help be a part of making it a more enticing place to live and visit. Our time came to an end, and he promised to come by again the next day. He asked us to have a list of tasks to be done before our next visit and we promised we would. We said goodbye and walked down to Eddie's place to ...