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I am a dual US-Italian citizen and own a house in a small Italian village, Valle San Giovanni, which is a suburb of city of Teramo in the Abruzzo region. I have constructed an English-language website for this town (http://vallesangiovanni.com). Am willing to provide information related to subjects of visiting the city and the province of Teramo.
Experience in the area
I speak passable Italian, have lived in both Italy and the United States.
Education/Credentials
Ph.D. University of Mississippi psicologo
What do you like about this subject?
My roots in the province are deep as my nonni (grandparents) are from this area. I travel there often.
What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?
Help others to know and experience this wonderful area.
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:
I have built several English-language websites dealing with small villages near Teramo. The main one is: http://vallesangiovanni.com
Something controversial or provocative about this subject
Hitler was rescued by the German Otto Skorzeny in 1943 at the nearby Campo Imperatore on the Gran Sasso mountain.
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Recent Answers from Stefano Ulissi
2011-05-31 travel to Campli and tour Abruzzo:
I can get you close but not 100% of the way there. I would take these steps: 1. In writing, present your request to the Teramo Tourist office in downtown Teramo: Informazioni Turistiche - Iat
2011-05-04 Travelling on train from Rome to Ascoli piceno:
Not the easiest of trips. No direct trains. By train to go to Ancona then south OR to Pescara then north; ending up at San Benedetto. Which lies to the west of Ascoli. Better way to go would be to
2010-06-30 Italian culture:
At the risk of being pilloried for overgeneralizing I will attempt to answer your question from the best of my experience. I know the region of Abruzzo well having spent a good amount of time there over
2010-06-18 Visiting family in Teramo:
Sort of depends on where your relatives are. If they are in the city of Teramo proper I would probably take the train. Info in English is here: http://www.ferroviedellostato.it/ Around 6 hours
2010-04-01 Abruzzese dialect cookbooks:
This one is a bit beyond me. I cannot find the book in the two big Rome bookstores Feltinelli nor Mondadori. I cannot find a Nannucci bookstore in Rome. My suggestion would be to spend the extra 5
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