This weekend was festival weekend here in town. Well, it really started on the 16th when we had the Festa della Madonna del Carmine. We have what we call the Collegio below town which was once a monastery, then a school for priests, and is now where the priests live. It has always been the [...]
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Labor Day
Yesterday was Labor Day here in Italy. From what I’ve seen, it has a lot in common with Labor Day in the US. It’s a day off from work and people basically use it to do things they enjoy. In Rome they have a big outdoor concert. Quite a few people from outside of the [...]
Festival Season begins
Festival season is getting started with a bang. That’s one of the things I really love about it here. Once the weather starts getting nice, there’s usually a festival to be found somewhere. This week it was in San Salvo – the festival of San Vitale. It lasted for the entire week and there were various [...]
