A Visit to Pietraperzia

This weekend I took a ride over to Pietraperzia to visit Fran's cousin Angelo and his family. It is a sure way to see some cute kids and get a good meal. It was a nice visit for me, and I will let the pictures of the kids and the trees do my talking this time. That is Angelo with Carinna smiling away on her grand father's knee. And smile was what Carinna did best. She seems such a happy baby, and I do not think I heard her cry once!!



This is Marianna. She is a little sweetheart, and was about Carrinna's age when we first met her. She is already to go to school, and has the most beautiful smile in the world. At first she was a little shy around me, but she warmed up quickly. She helped her grand mother set the table, and unlike Carrina, is not a big eater. (Carrina tried some of everything, from pasta to fish to water to coffee. You name it, Carrina would try it).





Last, and certainly not least, is Dalila. Dalila was three years old when we first met her, and even at that age she tried to teach me how to play Scopa (she says she even remembers that), and would talk away at us in Italian, and get frustrated that we did not understand her. Now, she is learning English in school, and even practiced a little bit with me. She has a world class smile, and while she ate at home with her mother, she rushed over as soon as she could to visit with me.



Before dinner, Angelo and I took a ride out in the country to see some parts of Pietraperzia that Fran loved. One thing she loved were the old olive trees that were around, and Angelo knew a place that had wonderful old trees, with Almond trees in bloom behind them. It was a very special ride for me, and I think Fran would have liked it as well.