Actually for today, June 25th, it is more like 101 days before I leave for Italy..... Soon the countdown will be in the double digits. I am impatient for the time to be here even though I do not want time in general to slip away.
We had an extended talk yesterday about Civita di Bagnoregio. It is like a fairy tale, or something out of your nightmares. The scene has been depicted in many Dracula movies, the Beast's castle where Beauty must escape and many other horror films. High up on the craggy hill, no escape except for a narrow, treacherous path. Any minor loss of footing could result in death. The small town is over 2500 yeqars old. People have lived there for hundreds of years following in their father's footsteps over generations too many to count.
The path is long, ascending over 10 stories to the ancient city. I hope to have oil and Bruschetta made in the way that the family has made it for hundreds of years (this is beyond the hope to make it up the path in a reasonable amount of time and alive). "New and Improved" does not exist here.
They say it is a dying city as the sides crumble away. Bbut as long as so many remember and hold it in their hearts can it truly die?
http://www.civitadibagnoregio.it/civita/storia.htm
http://images.google.com/images?q=civita+di+bagnoregio&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images
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