First Family Dinner in Nerito

Family Dinner


Such an eventful day. Much laughter and tears. Even though they couldn’t speak English they would communicate through Maura. They wanted to know as much about our family in the States as I wanted to learn about them. They were also just interested in anything that had to do with States. It seemed they couldn’t get enough of it. They also talked about the earthquake and how it affected them. They said they had aftershocks for about 30 days. They were afraid to sleep inside so they slept outside in their cars. Except for Maria, who choose to stay in her home. They were really scared.

Back to Maria and Albert’s for dinner. Marie is little woman. She probably weighs 90 pounds. She didn’t sit at the table with us because she was busy carrying things to the table and just waiting on us. Maura said she does that all the time so we shouldn’t worry about it. We had another wonderful home made Italian dinner with many courses. It was wonderful.

Jean, Alfredo, Albert, Maura, Uncle Gino

After dinner we sat around the dinner table Albert, Maria, Alberto, Maura, Uncle Gino, Susie and I. We sat around and looked at all the pictures I had brought and they brought out some pictures. Albert told stories about when he was young and he would play with Uncle Ozzie and my Dad. He said sometimes he and Ozzie would fight and since my dad was the oldest he would have to watch the young ones and break up the fights.

Mario, Maria, Lucia and Alfredo

After a while Lucia and her husband Mario came over. There was quite a crowd around the dining room table. I felt like I had know them all my life and that I had just come for a visit. It was fun sharing facts about our families and our lives. You could certainly tell everyone was having a great time. Lucia and Mario told us about their children and we were also told that tomorrow we would be going to their house for lunch before we left. Everyone was so welcoming. By this time we were getting pretty tired. It had been a busy day. The train ride form Florence to Rome, the car ride from Rome to Nerito and the flood of emotions of the day. I was drained and ready for some rest. We all said goodnight and that we would continue our stories in the morning.


Stay tune for the next day……..