Casa Primo Sole: Castelvetere and gelato, August 9th.2011

Back to the village. Ash and i arrived in Castelvetere after a long day of waiting around for buses. We got to the bus station in Rome which wasn't too far from our hotel by city bus and then waited for a few hours for our bus to Avellino. Once in Avellino we thought we were set to get to Castelvetere but not quite. After triple checking which bus goes to Castelvetere the guy who ran the show in the bus lot eventually told me to relax and have a gelato since it would be another 40 mins. I laughed and said okay. Then he said he would tell me when the bus got here since it was obvious that we had no idea. Well about 45 mins. later i was wondering what was up and didn't want to bug the guy anymore so then he walked by and i asked about the bus and he gave me this look like 'ooops' and explained that it left. You can imagine that we weren't too happy but also not very surprised so we waited another hour.... It is very obvious that tourist do not travel here in this way. We learned that it is necessary to ask each bus driver; up to 10 buses at any given time just to be sure you know where you are going. oh well.....

We got to the village and to casa primo sole at around 8ish and while walking down the narrow cobblestone roads could hear mom and zia talking ofcourse and i thought maybe they would have some food since he hadn't ate for the entire day. They did indeed! Procuitto and cheese with fresh bread...mmmmmm vino too! i was one happy traveller.

They were excited to see up and be all together again and Ash and I were happy that we made it alone from Rome. They then explained the crazy night of beer and dancing that we had just missed. Nonno made some new friends (who drank all of my canadian beer!) and played the accordion and stayed up in the casa until 5 or 6! The partners in crime were Torquado; or neighbor just accross the road (who now does a double honk every time he passes...weither it is 1, 2 or 3 in the morning!) and Pierro, one of Miliucio's sons (the bar/restauraunt owner in town). They took quite a liking to nonno and were very happy to party with him. They stopped by the next day to see how he was.

The night Ash and I got there the festa San Antonio began so we took to the streets of Castelvetere to see the lights and people and have some tasty gelato! Nonno also said hello to some old friends and took part in a nice gelato himself.

The piazza filled with lights for the festa.

Table of nuts and candy!

Enio Nargi with Ash and Sonya.

Nonno with Marano Follo (Archangelo's brother)and Maria (She the sweetest little lady who likes to tell us stories and dance the tarantella! She is also our neighbor Gelardo's sister; everyone is connected here!)