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Would be nice to buy our family house back.

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Maybe one day you should write your entire family biography. Couldn’t put this reading on hold. That’s how interesting it was. Thanks for sharing this.

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Great read... as always. So when I are we setting up our pied-à-terre in San V. 😉 (low key very serious)

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Che bella emozione ho avuto leggendo mi ha riportato quasi 60 anni dietro grazie Tino

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Come la canzona:

Paese mio che stai sulla collina

disteso come un vecchio addormentato

la noia l'abbandono

niente son la tua malattia

paese mio ti lascio e vado via.

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Hi Tino, Your son Kevin looks so much like you! I remember you at that age. I believe you and I know each other for some 45-50 years right?

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Hello Johanna, you are right, we go a long way back. Hope all is well. Thanks for reading my newsletters.

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Puoi cambiare tante cose della vita ma non il luogo dove nasci. Questo farà sempre parte del nostro DNA, e sarà una lunga radice dovunque tu vada. Grazie per condividere la tua panoramica sul piccolo paese che ti ha visto bambino: suoni, profumi e colori che ti faranno sempre compagnia

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I loved this story so much. Always nice to read about my heritage .

♥️thank you for sharing .

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Ça devais être spécial de faire cette visite dans ta ville natale (beaucoup de souvenirs et beaucoup d’émotions).

En passant ton fils ne pourra jamais te renier.

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Maintenant lorsque tu vas me parler de ton village natal, j’aurai ces images en tête! Quel plaisir pour toi de le faire visiter à tes enfants. Profite-en,Tino.

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When I visited the cemetery for the first time and saw the Rossini family crypt I was quite emotional. I never thought that I did not belong to Canada, I am Canadian and proud of it. But as I stood in front of our grandparent’s resting place in the village where I was born I felt a belonging, my roots are here.

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So true Mike, it does hit us when we see our family resting place. We see the link

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Fun to read the memories—a little sad to consider the changes… ❤️

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What a great time you had sharing your upbringing with your son and daughter in law. I bet you are excited for this grandchild to arrive. I gather this is thru first time your son has been to your birthplace? I’ll have a berry gelato thank you 🍧

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Thank you Sally. Always a true pleasure reading your comments. Yes visiting the birthplace with my son was like extending my childhood to the next generations. Have a great weekend

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Thank you Leo,

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Oh...Tino!

what a wonderful and heart warming story you have written for us! You son and daughter in law are a beautiful couple. You will be a grandfather / Nonno to a beautiful grandchild. What a wonderful life

bien amicalement

Jan

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