New member from Italy, Milano
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My parents were born and lived in Vibo Marina until they emigrated to Canada in the late 1950's.
My wife and I would love travel there once we retire. I spent a whole summer there (Vibo) in 1972 when our family and my uncle, aunt and cousin made the trip.
On our way from Canada to Italy, 1972:
Back row, left to right: Dad, Mom, Aunt, Uncle
Front row, left to right: Me, Brother, Cousin, Sister
Nando.
My wife and I would love travel there once we retire. I spent a whole summer there (Vibo) in 1972 when our family and my uncle, aunt and cousin made the trip.
On our way from Canada to Italy, 1972:
Back row, left to right: Dad, Mom, Aunt, Uncle
Front row, left to right: Me, Brother, Cousin, Sister
Nando.
Did you like my nice surprise of bringing Giovambattista here? 
Yesterday, during a phone call with him, he asked me "how about the forum?"... and I told him "do you know Phoenix?"... and him "no"... and me "you should, because it's the most nice, friendly and pleasant place out there, with so many expert and great guys!"
And just 30 seconds later, still during the phone call, he was just joining in.
Yesterday, during a phone call with him, he asked me "how about the forum?"... and I told him "do you know Phoenix?"... and him "no"... and me "you should, because it's the most nice, friendly and pleasant place out there, with so many expert and great guys!"
And just 30 seconds later, still during the phone call, he was just joining in.
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NICE!
So, not Vibo the main town which is a bit up on the mountain at a few minutes drive from sea (one of my older sisters got married and lives there, and I have two nephews born there in Vibo) but just Vibo Marina, the part of the town down at sea, just adjacent to Pizzo and which, during summer, I visit almost daily for whatever reasons (shopping, taking the boat at Vibo's port, buying superfresh fish as soon as it arrives at the port, etc)... in the past, I also found lots of great blank cassettes there in a shop at Vibo Marina... but they don't have them anymore, as I just got them all years ago.
Anyways, both the main Vibo 'mountain' town and the Vibo Marina sea town are two very familiar places to me... after all, it's still my zone as it's about half hour drive from Lamezia Terme where I regularly live (and respectively 10 and 5 minutes drive from Pizzo where I live during summer).
We are both originated from the exact same zone, dear Nando.... with the only difference that I never moved from here (but now I have two nephews who moved to USA for work and one of them just got married there a few years ago so I am grand-uncle of two wonderful USA born childs, who are 4 and 1 year old at now and who come here for vacation twice a year, at Christmas and on summer)....
And Giovambattista is also from our same zone, even if he moved to northern Italy.
So, not Vibo the main town which is a bit up on the mountain at a few minutes drive from sea (one of my older sisters got married and lives there, and I have two nephews born there in Vibo) but just Vibo Marina, the part of the town down at sea, just adjacent to Pizzo and which, during summer, I visit almost daily for whatever reasons (shopping, taking the boat at Vibo's port, buying superfresh fish as soon as it arrives at the port, etc)... in the past, I also found lots of great blank cassettes there in a shop at Vibo Marina... but they don't have them anymore, as I just got them all years ago.
Anyways, both the main Vibo 'mountain' town and the Vibo Marina sea town are two very familiar places to me... after all, it's still my zone as it's about half hour drive from Lamezia Terme where I regularly live (and respectively 10 and 5 minutes drive from Pizzo where I live during summer).
We are both originated from the exact same zone, dear Nando.... with the only difference that I never moved from here (but now I have two nephews who moved to USA for work and one of them just got married there a few years ago so I am grand-uncle of two wonderful USA born childs, who are 4 and 1 year old at now and who come here for vacation twice a year, at Christmas and on summer)....
And Giovambattista is also from our same zone, even if he moved to northern Italy.
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anyways, many years ago at Pizzo I happened to meet a guy named Rocco with your same surname, and now that I think about it, I never happened to know anybody else with your surname around here, then I guess it's not so widespread... this reinforces the probability that guy might be a relative of yours?
But he is younger than you and, IIRC, just slightly older than me, so back in 1972 he would have been just a very small child.
But he is younger than you and, IIRC, just slightly older than me, so back in 1972 he would have been just a very small child.