Comments on: Love Thursday: One Year Ago Today

By: rjlight

rjlight — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:45:00 +0000

I’ve never been to Italy unfortunately! My blog is rjlight.wordpress.com — it’s not about Spain really — well, sometimes it is…

By: sognatrice

sognatrice — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:36:00 +0000

Auguri! You’ve lasted a whole year in Calabria, which is like 7 years anywhere else, I think…kinda like dog years Now you have me wanting to go back and find my ticket from when I came here in August 2003, my official move date….

By: nyc/caribbean ragazza

nyc/caribbean ragazza — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:56:00 +0000

Congrats on your first year!!

By: Cherrye

Cherrye — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 16:55:00 +0000

Guila – I need to go over and read your post. I’ve been MIA the last few days. Happy belated anniversary to you! (I hope leaving on the 18th doesn’t cause me any trouble down the line.)

Waspgoddess – were the bellinis in Venice good? I NEVER see them on the menus here in Catanzaro. Actually, though, now to think of it – they don’t really give us menus here in Catanzaro! You gotta try limoncello, esp the cream kind. YUM!

Thanks, Erin – I will go check out that meme, now!

Louise and Delina – thank you!

J – I am not sure what Lemonesco is, but I plan to find out. You were probably in downtown on your passaggiata, huh? They have redone downtown Catanzaro, too, with the brick streets..it is very cute! When I was in HS, we called it “cruising”. Wow, I am old!

Carole – thanks for commenting. I need to get that “thing” on your meme when you can see that people are “lurking”… Someone else does that, too. He refers to himself as the “Blog Stalker”. Should I be worried? Peppe and I just went to the city of Cosenza last Friday for a change of scenery and to have lunch with his cousin. I’m not familiar with Castrovillari, but Peppe was.

Poppy Fields – Don’t drink it all in one place, ok? That is some stong stuff!

Rjlight – Do you have a blog? As soon as I check out Guila’s post and Erin’s meme – I am on my way. I’ve never been to Spain, but I’d love to go sometime!

Cheeky – grazie mille…that is me answering you in Italian!

By: Delina

Delina — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:07:00 +0000

Happy anniversary to you! Auguri!

By: cheeky

cheeky — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:12:00 +0000

Happy Anniversary Bella! (Buono Anniversario? – that’s me trying to be clever and do it properly, in Italian for you)
I’m sure the road that lies ahead will bring even more joy than you could ever imagine.

By: rjlight

rjlight — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:36:00 +0000

This makes me miss Spain so much–there are so many similarities. I read so much in Spain and drank such wonderful coffee!

By: Poppy Fields

Poppy Fields — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:10:00 +0000

Happy one year in Italy! I like Limoncello, too. My mother-in-law is originally from near Treviso, and whenever she goes to visit family, she brings me back a bottle.

By: Carole (in Mo.)

Carole (in Mo.) — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:35:00 +0000

Happy first anniversary and many more. Especially as you embark on your future matrimonio. Che bella storia!

I have been lurking (I think that's what you bloggers call it) long enough without commenting, so for this occasion I wanted to send you good wishes.
I comment more often on "Bleeding espresso".

I also, would like to know when your B&B will be ready and if you're near Castrovillari, Cosenza.

I met a couple who will be visiting there in June and staying at "La Locanda di Alia".

Are you or Peppe's family familiar with the location?

Grazie mille

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:35:00 +0000

Oh, and I’ve tagged you to do the “3 things meme”. Go check it out on my blog : )

By: Louise

Louise — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:12:00 +0000

COngrats on your 1st year!!
Sounds like a fabulous year. Italy sounds SO wonderful, the coffee, the sights, the limoncello…mmmm!!
Thanks for sharing all your adventures with us, I know I enjoy reading all about it!
Have a great birthday!!!!

By: j

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:30:00 +0000

Happy first anniversary Cherrye!

I remember the really good lemon drinks in Italy. Especially something I think called Lemonesco (?). It is a really yummy alcoholic lemonade.

I think Catanzaro had the “cutest” passeggiata I saw in Italy. It took place on some park (piazza?) that was mostly concrete with some palm trees. Groups of teenage boys and groups of teenage girls would keep walking around in a big oval clearly checking each other out. It reminded me of a similar thing we used to do in high school only this being America we did it in cars and we kept driving around a square. We called it “buzzing the Ave.”

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:26:00 +0000

A whole year! That’s a good milestone to celebrate Love Thursday with! So glad you are sharing your adventure with all of us : ) Have a happy day!

By: Waspgoddess

Waspgoddess — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:44:00 +0000

Congratulations on your 1st birthday!
I have never tasted limoncello, but I’m so intrigued. When I was in Venice earlier this year I saw it on menus in cafes and bars, but alas was too fixated on drinking Bellinis, so completely forgot.

Here’s [raising a glass of prosecco with a touch of peach puree] to many more happy years in bella Italia.

By: Giulia

Giulia — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:09:00 +0000

OMG, this is too freaky! I know we had briefly mentioned to each other how we moved within days of each other, but I had NO IDEA it was practically the same day! Coincidentally, you and I have the same title for our posts today, except mine is minus the “love Thursay.”
Originally, I wanted to leave on the 18th but I remember doing a search on “this day in history” for that particular date, and didn’t like the things that I read…lol…so I changed our departure date! Yeah, I know, silly.
I’m glad you wrote positive things about your past year. I got all sappy about writing about our actual departure that I never even thought of writing what it is that I like about living here. Hard to believe, but there are a few things that I like!