I was wondering how things were going in Vernazza and found this video update posted a couple of days ago. It looks as thought the locals are allowed back into the town and things are slowly starting to come back after much hard work.
I love this video because it shows Italians doing what they love – getting together and of course preparing food. It looks like they are smoking meat in the piazza there with the fire and then later serving it with other food outside. I love it!
An award-winning author, Margie Miklas writes medical thrillers and travel memoirs about Italy, a place which has captured her passion for travel. She is also the creator and owner of the travel blog, Margie in Italy, and a contributing writer for an Italian-American newspaper. A retired critical-care nurse, she enjoys spending time with her family, including her three cats. Her favorite place is the beach, and she likes learning new computer skills, when she is not writing. A member of the Florida Writers Association, Margie makes her home in Florida.
The first thing you need after a disaster is a pep rally. You can call it, “We Survived and Now We Will Thrive!” You can call it anything but the point is the people have to rally around and food is a good thing to rally ’round. The reason New Orleans remains in terrible shape today is the lack of locals to rally together and make it happen. Europeans have been trashed repeatedly simply because they have existed far longer than America. You can bomb them today and they will be building and repairing Cathedrals and Museums tomorrow. You can kick them but not keep them down. Give them a few more months and the place will be beautiful again.
The first thing you need after a disaster is a pep rally. You can call it, “We Survived and Now We Will Thrive!” You can call it anything but the point is the people have to rally around and food is a good thing to rally ’round. The reason New Orleans remains in terrible shape today is the lack of locals to rally together and make it happen. Europeans have been trashed repeatedly simply because they have existed far longer than America. You can bomb them today and they will be building and repairing Cathedrals and Museums tomorrow. You can kick them but not keep them down. Give them a few more months and the place will be beautiful again.
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Devastated to learn about this while writing my last blog post.
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