I’ve written pretty extensively about my trip to Italy this past summer, where I visited the ancestral towns of 7 of my 8 great-grandparents. However, recently I have been once again looking through my photos to re-live the memories, and I remembered one instance where I felt extremely connected to …
I spent the weekend with 3,000 Italians and Italian-Americans and this happened to me…
Last weekend, I boarded the train in New Jersey, not knowing that two days later, when I boarded the same train to head back, I would spend most of the three-hour train ride singing "Volare" over and over in my mind… Oh oh…Cantare…oh..oh..oh.oh… What I experienced in-between was an experience …
IAP 27: Listener stories on Italian names, Italian-American family traditions, and the language of your soul
In this episode we feature listener stories that have been submitted by listeners of The Italian American Podcast. In the first story, Dina Horwedel explains how an Indian College President inspired her to learn Italian and travel to Italy to re-connect with her family. Since she made her first …