Becoming Italian

One Italian-American's Journey back to the Old Country

The American Cousin … because that’s what they call me

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Vesuvio, Napoli
28 May
2016

We have a title! I have been waiting to go online until I had sufficient content, decent links, some knowledge […]

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One Day in Avellino: Adventure at the Archives!

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13 May
2016

I sit at the osteria with my bucatini and polpetti, deflated but still holding out hope for a postprandial miracle. […]

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Retrieving Birth Records: Next Stop — Avellino!

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11 May
2016

Tomorrow morning I take an hour-long bus ride from Napoli Centrale to Avellino, the birthplace of my great-grandfather. My objective […]

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