Ortona

So I'm now in the region of Abruzzo staying with my wonderful friend Chiara.  We met through our mutual friend Ilaria (who just got married) while I was studying in Bologna.  Chiara studied in Arkansas this past spring and was able to come and visit us in California, so now she is hosting me in her home town.  It's so wonderful, a small town on the Adriatic sea where she knows everyone and this week, there is a festival going on where every night there are typical dishes that Ortona is famous for where you can go and eat with your friends and have a nice evening with good food...they call is a 'sagra'.  We've been going to that in the evening, or venturing over to the neighboring town, Pescara where Ilaria lives along with many of our other friends from Bologna.

Continuing to fall in love with this country more and more every day.

xxx
al