Tuesday, April 16th, Venato, Italy

Greetings!

Today was the longest traveling leg of our tour.  We drove from Brixen to Venice.  The drive was easy, as it was from the mountains down the main north south road that we've discussed led from the Austro-Hungarian Empire (and Northern Europe) to Italy.  

On thee way, we visited Eliseo and his wife Diane, who farm 10 acres of apples in a small valley, which has been in his family for over a hundred years.  After walking us through his orchard, and answering lots of our questions, we stepped inside his barn just ahead of the hail,  There, he showed us his production equipment, and told us of the coop his father founded.

Diane then provided a wonderful meal topping any lunch we'd had, and included their apple juice and wine.  Again, their personal stories and memories of the way in which their valley had played a role in the international dramas of the first half of the 20th century impressed all of us.  As one of our group put it, "Americans have heard much about the Allies perspective, but little about life on the other side of the wars"

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