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Castel di Sangro

Multiple Choice

Colorado girl already feels at home in Abruzzo:

a) True

b) False

c) Where the hell is Abruzzo? I thought it was in the Colorado Rockies.

 


A crazy American girl spends 2 hours in a commune library obtaining great-grandmother's birth records.  English is not an option.  How many glasses of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo does she need to "get it up" for such a task:

a) One

b) Two

c) A glass before, 2 glasses after, followed by a shot of Montenegro after nearly falling asleep in soup

d) Drinking and Italian don't mix.






Matching


1.) What happens when Val drives











2.) Real dog







           





3.) Real dog pretending to be fake dog











oopsie - dove siamo?
4.) Val spies pink (PINK!) condo in ancestral village and wants her shit packed up and sent from Florence. ASAPly.











Fill in the Blanks

What a stupid post. Val must have had too much ___________.


Essay portion below. 
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  1. Samantha DuganApril 15, 2011 at 11:54 PM

    a, c, 2, spirit. You inspire me

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  2. Gorilla BananasApril 16, 2011 at 3:27 AM

    I can't see anything pink. I must be colour-blind. Lois Lane had pink knickers and I never saw them either.

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  3. Kalei's Best FriendApril 16, 2011 at 6:21 AM

    Answers are all 'True', more than one glass of vino..."false", no u don't want to pack those bags cuz, u have seen it before... and the last: Val has had too much vino and mj!...lol

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  4. Kalei's Best FriendApril 16, 2011 at 6:44 AM

    Val, found this article .. have u heard about this?
    http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-gaza-slaying-20110416,0,1467193.story

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  5. Michele | Cooking At HomeApril 16, 2011 at 6:47 AM

    Ditto to everything Samantha said!

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  6. Val April 18, 2011 at 1:20 PM

    @Sam - Likewise, you wine-writing goddess!

    @Gorilla - Because my new camera & I are still coming to agreement on some things. Yes, the condos on the right are pink. Crap - I should have photo-shopped them like Phil's tomatoes!

    @Chrissy - Seriously, didn't want to leave, but sitting in a wine cantine today with my nose in a glass of Chianti Classico made with grapes I actually helped harvest in 2009 I fell right back in love with Tuscany. (I'm still going straight to Abruzzo next time, however.) I saw that Gaza piece on the news on RAI 1 tonight, actually.

    @Michele - Thank you - Sam kicks ass, as do all of you!

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  7. Val April 21, 2011 at 1:02 AM

    See? I thought so!

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