This is about half the size of the town
So, for the last week I was down in the south of Italy in a little town called Corleto Monforte. It was actually built on the edge of a cliff ( you can learn more about Corletto here). My father’s cousin made this web page detailing some facts about the town and the genealogy of our surname “Vigorito”. Corleto is a little town of about 600 people max, and is where my dad was born 50 years ago. There was really no form of internet there and I just didn’t have the time, so I was unable to post. An amazing thing that I encountered while in Corleto was the fact that everyone new each other there. I mean this town was so small that I could literally sneeze on one side of the town and receive a “salute!” from the other side.
Home made capicolla and sausage
You would think that a town this small would normally take about 20 minutes to traverse, it actually took about 2 hours! On our voyage through the town, we must have made about 20 stops. In a town this small, everyone knows each other. Every person we passed had a different story to tell. So about 20 conversations and maybe a 1/2 mile of walking later we finally made it back to the starting point 2hrs from when we started. Even though I was only able to make out some words and phrases from the converstaions, I was able to gather enough info. from their hand and facial gestures, tones and expressions to make sense of it. Most of the people left in the town are old timers so they had many stories and and experiences to brag about. Oh yeah, the other amazing thing was that no matter what time of day or how many people we rolled up with to a relatives house, they were always ready to feed at least 20 people. We went to my
Now thats pasta!
father’s cousin’s house one night with out them knowing. There were about 7 of us and 5 of them. Within 10 minutes of us being there they had a full 3 course meal prepared. Dont ask me how or where they got the food from, but they managed to to feed all of us with room to spare. It was spectacular and the food was phenomenal. Check back here tomorrow for the next post on the series of “Looking Through Wine: Shuga Daddy”
The Ride Inside 