I was born in Sydney , Australia and even though i am regarded as a Aussie really i am a full blood Italian my background is both my parents migrated from a small town call Guardia Sanframondi which is in Italy on a mountain top so i lone to visit this beautiful town where my parents were born before they migrated to Australia , so we organized a trip there with some of my cousins , uncles and aunties we were all going at the same time this was going to be a big reunion to see all my cousins , uncles , aunties and the Godfathers in Italy.
Guardia Sanframondi in Italy is a province of Benevento with only a population just less then 6,000 people even today , the town is known for the best wine marking just about everyone in this town own vineyards and produce there own wines including my cousin who is know to produce some of the best red and white wines in town. He has all the fancy modern equipment to do so and distributes all around Italy.
Fresh grapes from the vineyards ready for juicing to make wine.
Hi tech wine marking machines.
Old school wine making machine.
Wine storage room.
What i love about Guardia Sanframondi was the characteristics of looking still like a 12th century medieval town.
The town still looked still very well intact but why this was during WWII the town was destroyed by US army after the world the town was steadily built again around the still remaining house walls and town walls to retain it's originality is why the town still has it's fine medieval characteristics.
I couldn't keep the uncles , cousins or aunties out of the photos you know Italians they love having there photos taken and why not it's all great memories to look back on 😅
I love these little Fiat Bambinos cars so neat they would hammer with a V8 fitted to them.
As you know when Italian families get together they are in huge numbers as you can see , i was overwhelmed how many cousins , aunties and uncles , i had this was awesome and they know how to eat and drink wine. This was late afternoon lunch after we got back from walking around town.
And then there is dinner with all the traditional Italian fire oven pizzas and more wines and these are all home made products made by the uncles and aunties that you can't get anywhere else was just all mouthwatering never had i tasted so much real Italian foods in one place.
After tasting the best of foods and wine it was time to pack it up and leave these beautiful people and this awesome friendly town and head for Rome of course my aunties and uncles wanted to fill my suitcases with Salami , Prosciutto , Cheeses , Wine and what ever else they could fit into my suitcase but unfortunately it wasn't going to happen not with Australia immigration laws would have loved to bring some back though. Certainly no shortage of foods in Italy and the best.
Even the birds have a feast 😅
We were all packed ready to go minus all the products except for one bottle of red wine some salami , prosciutto , olives and some bread for the road trip to Rome which was just over 200 kms about and less then a 3 hour drive on the auto express highway.
Rome city was just how i had imagined it to be as i had seen on the movie the Italian Job busy , hot , romantic and lots of great history to look at of course you don't go without seeing the St Peter's Cathedral and the Colosseum just one word Masterpieces.
We then took a tour on them hop on hop of buses with the open roof a it was a great way to see the city of Rome was just a spectacular tour and it was a beautiful day to have done it and they drop you off at the best outdoor fire place pizza restaurant yes more pizzas but i can say these Italian real Italian pizzas are to die for ðŸ¤
This was funny to see i think this guy dreamed about having his own Colosseum so he built a portion of it 😅
Yep..another pizza with a cold beer was just delightful.
This was the streets of Rome after mid-night still pumping.
This was the Godfathers of Rome getting together on a social night to discuss there next move i wouldn't doubt that 😅
And this was my adventurous holiday in Italy hope you enjoy the tour as much as i did and i did come home full as a boot with a few extra kilos but all worth it 😅
