Vi ringrazio, amici italiani!

With many thanks to friends in Italy

Father Francis Tiso, pastor, and the people of the parish of San Michele Arcangelo at Fornelli in the region of Molise

Don Giuseppe Procope, pastor and the parish of San Gioacchino in Bacoli near Naples

Francesco, center, and the Castiglia family, proprietors of Da Garibaldi Restaurant in Bacoli

the sarto in Bacoli

Teresa and the Carannante family, (not pictured) Enzo, Donato and Maria Rosaria

Zia Anna, Nonna Carannante and Donato Carannante

Maria Rosaria Carannante

Lunalba Labriola, my previous landlady

Arcangelo and crew at Giardini degli Aranci restaurant in Cuma

Michele and Raffaele Ercole and Monica (not pictured) and her sisters and their families

Sante in Roma

Also, not pictured: Franco and the Luongo family in Succivo, the Ghigliero family in Latina, and Andrea Strenghetto and family in Verona.

Grazie mille e arrivederci!