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![]() Fortunately, they had a two week break before reporting for duty. Dad tried to talk Stefan into going with him to Rome, but Stefan had other plans. His fiancée Sonia, a young lady from Rome, was awaiting his return near his base. She lived in a rented house on the Sea with her sister, who also married a Polish soldier, ![]() Like my father and uncle before me, I'll leave Matera with warm memories. I mostly stayed away from tourist areas, lived 4 days with new friends from the Sassi.: the local cafe owner and my neighbors. This elder gentleman lives across from where i stayed, and invited me in their shared cave storage area where he stores his wine. We shared generous offerings of moscato. The young man lives above where I stayed and was housing a couch surfer from the Ukraine. People don't have much but he invited me up and insisted I try his pasta with a cold Italian beer the night before I left.
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Julie
7/28/2015 06:59:14 pm
I can see why it would be difficult leaving Matera. What a mystical place. Glad you could relive some of Dad's and Uncle Stefan's happy experiences. I'm sure it"s hard leaving Mimi as well. Probably rreminded you of Little Girl.
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Dad
7/29/2015 03:22:36 am
Hi Andrew.
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Celia Bajda
7/29/2015 12:19:39 pm
Bye Matera, bye Mimi, hello Roma!
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Ken
7/29/2015 03:37:15 pm
Be well, be safe!
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Scott
7/30/2015 03:46:19 pm
Drew,
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