Tag: Salento

Four weeks in Lecce and the Salento

June 11, 2016 2

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Ciao. I'm Mary Louise a technical writer, editor and technology trainer. I have many interests such as, travel, food, wine, music, reading, writing, cycling, blogging, all things Italian (especially Abruzzo), farmers markets, theatre and art. I live in Adelaide, South Australia with my husband Roo plus a couple of ginger tabby cats, Speedy and Jose Gonzalez. I am compelled to take pictures of food and write about it. Travel-wise, I am mildly obsessed with Italy but I travel to, and write about, other places as well. See my other site MLT at Large.

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Terra dei miei nonni. Scenes, friends and family in Roseto degli Abruzzi, Morro d’Oro and Notaresco, 2013. #abruzzoinfoto #abruzzonelcuore #myabruzzoheritage

Ok, so we will probably have to cancel our April /May trip to Italy but that won’t stop us from enjoying some of the country’s gifts to the world. Salute, Italia. #coronavirusitaly #seeyounextyear

We always thought our maternal grandmother was called Anna and was born on the 29th of Feb in a leap year. However, since searching the records at the Comune in Morro D’Oro, in the Teramo province of Abruzzo, I have discovered that she was born María Anna Mezzacappa and her birthdate was the 27th of February. Registration took place on the 29th and I suppose that’s why she believed it to be her birthdate. She was always smiling and singing opera and cooking. She emigrated to Philadelphia as a child in 1909. #daughterofabruzzo #italianamerican #mommom #mezzacappa

Bit late for Christmas but just in season for making gelato sandwiches. #summerinaustralia #abruzzoinaustralia #ciboabruzzese

My non-Italian husband cooks ‘salsiccia e lenticchie’ for us at new year. Sausages and lentils for luck. Traditionally the sausage would be a cotechino sausage from Modena but we use a pork and fennel sausage from our local @marinomeatandfoodstore at the @adelcentralmarket. Plus a lovely Barossa Grenache 🍷 to welcome in 2020. #capodanno2020 #nye2020 #buonannonuovo #italyinaustralia

The countryside near Altavilla, a ‘frazione’ of Montorio al Vomano in #Abruzzo, is a hilly area between the Apennines and the Adriatic Sea. We think our grandmother Mezzacappa’s family came from here, although she was born closer to the Adriatic in Morro D’Oro. The graveyard in Altavilla was filled with known family names of #Mezzacappa and #Saraceni. I need to revisit and do more research.

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