Hi Dennis, As for the WW2 question, I have no idea! Not very informed on WW2
history but I am reading Daughters of Yalta right now!John wasn't able to get
dual citizenship. It had to do with when his great-grandfather naturalized but
I don't remember the details. It was important to us at the time because we
wanted to move to Italy. That didn't work out for a couple of reasons. We can
visit as tourists for up to 3 months at a time, and we're looking forward to
when John retires so we can stay longer.As for Sinatra's mother knowing so many
dialects, I'd say that's highly unusual! Italians are known for staying close
to where they grew up, especially in the past. I'm happy to say that the only
part of Italy we've been where understanding a dialect was a problem is Sicily.
I credit that to their isolation and being quite backward in many ways. Sent
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Hi Donna,
I wanted to ask how John's dual citizenship was working out?
We watched a bio of Frank Sinatra and his mom in NJ could speak 29 or so
different dialects of Italian and often acted as neighborhood translator.
And it is true that Italy changed sides during WW II but they did not do much
of anything to help once they were on our side and Mussolini was dead.
Thanks.
Dp
In a message dated 3/8/2022 6:13:17 PM Mountain Standard Time,
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
We just booked our flights to Italy for a trip we've had to postpone twice!
We'll be there 2 weeks ( first half of May). Four nights on Lake Como. 4 on
Lake Garda, then 4 in Cortona, our home away from home in Tuscany. We're going
with another couple, our best friends and travel buddies.
I AM SO EXCITED!
Donna
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