{"id":1132,"date":"2010-09-25T07:29:48","date_gmt":"2010-09-25T14:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2010-09-25T07:29:48","modified_gmt":"2010-09-25T14:29:48","slug":"italian-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/italian-vacation","title":{"rendered":"Italian Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/laporta46.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"laporta46\" width=\"500\" height=\"594\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/laporta46.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/laporta46-400x475.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/laporta46-126x150.jpg 126w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/laporta46-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\nOn Sunday I will be leaving for a two week vacation in sunny (I hope) Italy. I will probably not be blogging from there; I will not have much free time. However, I will be sketching and casing out some future paintings. This painting is of the door that used to be on the house that my great grandfather built many years ago. My grandfather came from a small hill town in Calabria, Sersale.  You can see Calabria on the map below. The house is still occupied and owned by family members. The last time I visited, this door was gone, a new modern sturdy door was in its place. At least they painted it green. (Painting is in my own personal collection)<br \/>\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/images\/BIGcalabria.jpg\" alt=\"Map of Calabria\"  width=475\/><\/center><br \/>\nThis visit to Italy will take me from Milan to Calabria and back again.  I will be traveling via train, plane, bus and automobile.  I&#8217;ll be back with lots of fresh ideas, thanks for reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday I will be leaving for a two week vacation in sunny (I hope) Italy. I will probably not be blogging from there; I will not have much free time. However, I will be sketching and casing out some future paintings. 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