{"id":2635,"date":"2012-04-03T04:21:44","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T11:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/?p=2635"},"modified":"2012-04-03T06:12:49","modified_gmt":"2012-04-03T13:12:49","slug":"catanzaro-calabria-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/catanzaro-calabria-italy","title":{"rendered":"Calabria, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/laporta46.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/laporta46-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"laporta46\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/laporta46-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/laporta46-400x475.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/laporta46-126x150.jpg 126w, https:\/\/www.mimitabby.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/laporta46.jpg 505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMost people are happy to have a little family history. I am an exception.  As a small child, I quizzed my grandparents, immigrants all; about where they came from.  They patiently repeated the answers when I asked them again and again, and it occurred to me one day, when I was a teen, I had better write this stuff down. So I did. Then my grandparents died one by one, and with them, all their memories and knowledge, leaving me with regrets about what I did not ask.<br \/>\nSo I set out to visit where each of them came from. My first visit to Italy took me to Calabria, to a little hill town overlooking the Ionian sea called Sersale. Everywhere I looked I saw people that looked like me, like my cousins. And I did find my cousins. We compared ears, eye color, chins and noses. I fit!<br \/>\n In Sersale found myself facing a door that was decorated with wrought iron that my own great grandfather built. If you look carefully, you can see the initials F and T in the center of the design. That stands for Francesco Torchia.  This door no longer exists, it has been replaced with a new sturdy door that does not let in the cold. If I hadn&#8217;t taken a picture of the old door in 1987 when I first visited, it would cease to exist even in our memories. Instead it is now a piece of art on my wall.<br \/>\nCalabria is a land of olive trees, chestnut trees, grape vines and ancient ruins. Ruins from Romans, ruins from Greeks. And then of course, there&#8217;s the food. Calabria is a bit like California, in fact, that&#8217;s where so many of the &#8220;Spaghetti Westerns&#8221; were filmed. Arid hilly country&#8230; on the map it&#8217;s the toe of the &#8220;boot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever traveled to find your roots? I&#8217;d love to hear your story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people are happy to have a little family history. I am an exception. As a small child, I quizzed my grandparents, immigrants all; about where they came from. 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