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Travel Blogs from Francavilla Al Mare
The Adratic sea
... are on the eastern coast (across from Italy which is on the western coast). Depending where you are on the sea you can see the land across it.
Fishing is a very big deal in Italy and most of it is done on the Adriatic sea. This fishing is done in a Trabocchi, where one man can ...
Lanciano
... doesn't stop ringing and everyday church is at 8:30 in the morning. We LOVE Lanciano it is absolutely amazing and gorgeous, and we are actually learning some Italian. (there are more pictures below) ...
We've reached the Homeland. Penne & Pescara
... returning with Lauren & Aaron and swimming in the Adriatic. Although it was Fall, the weather was beautiful and we had a great stroll on the beach with gelato in hand.
We will return to Penne and Pescara. Jon's determined to learn Carmella's recipe for making prosciutto. Yes, she makes her own prosciutto.
After a few memorable days it was time to wake up from our proscuitto dream and drive North to Florence.
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Our final full day - also know as Ike-UGH!
... end of the second hour we began getting nervous that we would not be back to Torre in time to get our documents in for our electricity. Just as I started to poke my head in to push the process along, Alessandra came out smiling and informed us we were all finished! She handed us the list of items to de delivered and indicated the items we would have to pick up on our own. We thanked them and headed on our way back to Torre.
The trip to Torre was blessedly brief. The ...
Our ventures with the Venturas
... baked treats. We visited about the house and the town, and then set about getting details taken care of. Our first stop was across the street at the Municipio office. We would need to get registered as homeowners to be able to have access to garbage removal. Giulio chatted with the staffer who took care of as much as she could, but needed some documentation later in the day to finish the details. We were given the specific documents to bring back, and told the time ...