Reblogged to coincide with the Italian Film Festival taking place around Australia
Italian Slushies (Photo credit: razvan.orendovici)
I have some fond memories of Italians in their native land, even though I don’t know much about them, apart from what one sees in the media and on film and so on. It has been a long time since I was in Italy. When I was nine my father took us on a great holiday, cruising on an Italian vessel, “M/V Africa”, from Beira in Mozambique round the Horn of Africa and up into the Mediterranean until we disembarked in Trieste. The ship, being part of the Lloyd Triestino Line (http://www.ssmaritime.com/lloyd-triestino-africa-europa.htm) was manned mostly by Italians and while on the journey I had my first crush as a child on one of the crew! But alas my feelings were not returned, haha. I was spurned for another twice or three times my age, can you believe it! 🙂
The only other time I was…
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Think I am a little in love with Italian myself… Or could just b the Italian way of life! Xx
vino and pasta?
spot on Mr O’Shea!