carrieitly (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

No need to contact Italian tourism bargintravel! Lokibau is right, it's Civitella del Tronto... I live there :-). Nice video :P

lokibau (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

italoamericans always have a great welcome, especially in little villages like roccamorice. Look this way, in a certain sense they are still considered italians, they "made it", and people respect them. My great-grandfather too emigrated in usa, he worked for some years and when he come back here he cuold buy a new home and send my grandpa to school. And like him many and many emigrants used to do this, that's why people respect them.

footballisgood55 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

hello i'm an american from detroit. my grandparents emigrated from roccamorice in abruzzo in the 1920's. i plan on visiting very soon. how welcome are the americans of italian descent in abruzzo.

lokibau (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

you're welcome!

bargaintravel (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thanks for the corrections! I know that I must have made the CapEstrano mistake because I am from Southern California, where the San Juan Capistrano has the Spanish spelling, but the materials I have has the spelling of CivitellA as CivitellO. I'll contact Italian tourism and get a clarification from them.

lokibau (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

hi, i'm from Pescara, abruzzo main town. It's a nice video, but there are two little mistakes on towns names, there are capEstrano and civitellA del tronto. bye!

BlogFromItaly (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Very good - this is going on my Blog from Italy blog. Alex

sagreinitalia (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Abruzzo is really a nice region here in Italy. Travelled most of it last summer. Nice places and nice beaches! Lots of Mountains to cross with our old VW Van. Sulmona is wonderful with its yummy "Confetti"

Archj86 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

certainly summer! that's full of life and people. Where do you write from ?

bargaintravel (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

The climate is very much like Southern California, lovely spring and fall, hot summers and mild but wet winters. There is nearly year-round skiing in the Sasso mountains. Summertime the beaches on the Adriatic are packed with Romans who take their holidays there. I went in April and the tourism season had yet to start, but you will never find the summer crowds away from the beach like you will find in Tuscany or Umbria.