The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that Gives Hope
February 12th, 2020-TCS # 675
Ciao Bella, My Readers! This Greeting is from One of My Favourite Countries, Italia (Italy in English). Italia sounds better! It sounds more Romantic! Anyway, Ciao Bella is Italian for “Hello Beautiful”. It is said in a Deep and Romanticized Italian Voice saying “Ciao Bella!” Perfect Tip for Flirting with a Girl in Italian!
So, Friday is The Day of Love! Okay, so Not Everyone calls Valentine’s Day, “The Day of Love”, although It really should be referred to as that. I would imagine that It would make Those People who don’t believe in Valentine’s Day feel loved, because They feel that Valentine’s Day is only about Couples. Let Me Tell You, that is Further from The Truth! So, I am going to do a Valentine’s Day Newsletter that is Very Different from Ones that I have done in The Past! Before I continue on This Year’s Valentine’s Day Newsletter, This is My Showcase of The Best Newsletters about Valentine’s Day. Think of This like a Top 10 Love Songs kind of Showing.
These are Newsletters of Mine that I feel deserve The Gold Medal (Get It? The Olympics!) for Valentine’s Day and The Day of Love Newsletters in My Valentine’s Day Newsletter Roster. So, I am going to Help You enjoy Valentine’s Day, in whatever Mood You may be in or You Think of Valentine’s Day in One Way or Another. It was Very Hard for Me to Choose Which were The Best of The Best in My 11 Years of Writing, but These are The Gold Ones!
The Gold Valentine’s Day Newsletters go by Title and Year so that They are Easy to find!
Valentine’s Languages (2019)
An Unconventional Story (2018)
Destiny in The Making (2015)
In Search of Bridgett (2014)
Infectious: A Love Story (2012)
Different Kinds of Love (2010)
You are Loved This Valentine’s Day (2009)
So, That brings us to This Valentine’s Day! So, I knew beforehand that If I was going to write a Write a Mini-Series about Places that I wanted to go, I wanted to end with Somewhere Romantic! So, without further a due This is The Christianville Spirit Mini-Series, “My Adventure List”!
So, Let’s bare in Mind that My Adventure List is not just The Places that I am mentioning in This Mini-Series, There was Many More Places that I would want to go see based on Various Reasons, between The Cultural to The Relaxing. Anyway, The Third and Final Place that I dream of going to is Roma (Rome, for You Non-Fancy English Speakers). Okay, to be fair, I am Writing in English right now, but when It comes to Italian Cities and Even, Italy The Country, I like to say them in their Italian Counterpart Name. Italy is Italia (It-Al-Ya); Roma (Roh-Mah); Milan is Milano (Milan with O at The End); Turin is Torino (Tur-ee-No), and Of Course, Venice is Venezia (Ven-Eht-Zia). See How More Fancy sounding Places in Italy sound, now that You say them in The National Language?! Anyway, Roma! It is The Capitol of Italy, surrounded by a Beltway much like that of The Périphérique of Paris, The London Orbital (or Ring Road), or Washington DC’s Capitol Beltway. The Currency is The Euro (Pre-EU, It used to be called “The Lira”). and, Finally, The National Language is Italian, The, as Young People would refer to as “The OG Romantic Language”. To Be Fair, There are Three Romantic Languages, Italian, Spanish, and French. Now, Of Course, Italians, Locals (Pure Bread) or Ancestral, will tell you that You don’t just “Speak” Italian! I mean, Sure You can. So, Most Italians will tell you and show you that You speak Italian with Your Mouth and Most Importantly, with Your Hands! I have been told that There are MANY Hand Gestures, and Most Importantly, You have to know Which Hand Gestures is which, because You don’t want to hand the wrong thing! Roma is a Busy City but, is Said to be The Most Romantic City of The World. Now, I would imagine that They have a Fierce Rivalry with Paris, but I digress. You Know, that saying, Do as The Romans do? It comes from Here and They do encourage it! They say that If You really want to Experience Roma the Right Way, You do as The Romans do! That is a Big Reason to go! A Culture that wants to Invite You into Theirs with Open Arms! Of Course, The Romance is There too! If You go to Trevi Fountain (Locally, Fontana di Trevi), if You throw One Coin in, It means that You will Return to Roma. However, If You throw Three Coins in, It means that You will find True Love, so Legend has it anyway. That would be Very Romantic! Most Tourists would go to the Spanish Steps, which is Romantic too, but Not like The Trevi Fountain! An Off-The Beaten Path Touristy-sort-of-not-Touristy is “The Mouth of Truth”. Rumor has it, that It will bite you if You lie to it. Yes, I am talking about that “Mouth of Truth” from The Movie, Roman Holiday with Audrey Hepburn. Of Course, It would be cool to see Some of The Vatican. Believe it or not, The Vatican is technically It’s Own Country, Vatican City, said to be The Smallest Country in The World. Of Course, Roman Local’s Advice that You must see Roma from All Five (I think, anyway) Hills overlooking Roma. Now, for The Part that gets Me The Most Excited about Roma! The Food! Now, When I was Younger, all I ate was Pasta, Yogurt, and Macaroni and Cheese. Even Today, I can never resist Italian Food. Now, It gets me excited about There are Authentic Italian Foods that You can not get here in The United States. As Much It hurt My Heart to say and to Learn, No Fettuccine Alfredo is NOT Italian. It is an American Version of an Italian Dish. In Roma, They use a lot of Pecorino Romano Cheese in Their Dishes, must Notoriously in The Dish of Roma, Cacio e Pepe (Cheese and Pepper in English), I am told that You also must try Bolognese and Spaghetti Carbonara. Of Course, Trying Real Italian Pizza, that is on The List too, but You really should do that in Napoli (Nap-Pole-Lee. Naples in English). If You do get a Chance, Make a Couple of Local Friends in Roma or Anywhere in Italy, really. Who knows? You might be Invited to Their House and Their Lovely Italian Grandma will make you a True-as-true-can-be Italian Food! Be Aware to not insult The Grandma because She will yell at You in Italian, both with Hands and without. When I was Curiously Researching about Roma, I came across a Website of a Celebrity Chef, Giada Giadzy who now Lives in The United States but was Born in Roma. Her Advice about The Places to Eat and The Foods to Eat in Roma are Golden! Advice from a Roman Local! Here are The Links to What I feel is The Best Advice about Roman and Italian Food
This is What She said about Places to Eat in Roma:
This is What She said about What Foods that You must try when in Roma
Now, I should make it clear that Roma is not The Only Place that I want to see in Italia. I also want to see The Italian Alps, Torino, Toscana (Toes-Cahna. Tuscany in English), and Of Course, The Almafi Coast. My Grandma Honey has actually been there and She said, It was The Best Experience that She has had in a Long Time! I saw a Picture of The Almafi Coast and The Beautiful Ocean, that would be The Perfect Place to watch The Sunset or Just See The Beautiful of All, with The Future Love of My Life!
All in all here, Roma is a Very Romantic City, The Most Romantic City. But, then again. So is The Rest of Italia!
Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Viva Roma, Viva Italia!
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