"Paesani Tussiani" means countrymen (and women) of Tussio, a medieval town about 75 miles east of Rome in the heart of the Abruzzo region at the foot of Gran Sasso D'Italia, the highest mountain in the Apennines at nearly 10,000 feet. It was in Tussio that Victor's father, Victor Emmanuel DeRubeis, was born on Feb. 7, 1914.
Travel with the DeRubeis family as we visit the "old country" from April 13 to 28, 2007.
In addition to the "must see" sites of Rome, Pompeii, Florence and Venice, we'll also take side trips to Anzio, where Victor's father served the with U.S. Army during World War II, and skirt Naples, where Achille, Alba, Pasqua and Vittorio DeRubeis boarded the Conte Verde in April 1924 bound for Ellis Island, New York City, Boston and, finally, Malden.
We'll also be making stops at Tussio and the largest nearby city, L'Aquila.
And provided we can find convenient internet cafes, we'll update this blog as much as we can during our travels.
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