more from San Giuseppe

When I was up north and would tell people that my family is from the Naples area, they would say "oh yeah you look like it." I never really understood what it meant to look like you were from a certain region of a country. Then I went to church with Gianfranco and Anna on Sunday morning and looked around and went "oh now I get it." It's the eyes. I have very very distinctive Southern Italian looking eyes. It's not the color but the shape and area around the eyes. I look like I could live here. And I look enough like my cousin Anna that one person that saw us out after church asked Gianfranco if I was his wife. hahaha. That was amusing.
Sunday was wonderful. After church and errands, we headed back to the house. As soon as we got there, my Zia Eleanor saw me and beckoned me over to her place. Of course, like always, she immediately put food in front of me. I swear, it's like they think everyone is constantly hungry. But I was since I hadn't eaten since the pizza the night before. So I sat and chatted as best as I could with her. Then another nephew, Santino, came over and then had me go with him to say hello to his family. It was nice to see them and a little funny since his daughters both have a Facebook and we've been keeping in touch that way. It's so much easier with Facebook.
After chatting with them I headed back to A & G's for the midday meal (I can't exactly call it lunch because it's such a huge meal..dinner isn't that big of a deal around here and it's super late). After a delicious meal of real pasta and a huge steak (yeah like I said..big meal) it was relaxing time. Anna doesn't do relaxing so we played around and then popped in a movie. Skyped with my parents and then went back to my place to change and get my computer because we figured out their wireless password. Francesco had invited me out with him and his friends so around 8 I went downstairs to his place (that's my favorite part about my family here…they all live in the same place).
When we finally got all of his friends together (we were in 3 separate cars because there were 12 of us..btw taking cars all the time is SO weird to me still) we finally headed out to the club. It was on the beach in Naples so it took a good 45 minutes to get out there. But it was so cool. The best clubs are the outdoor clubs. They're just so pretty and you never get too hot from dancing because the wind just blows right through. I had so so much fun with them. But I also noticed just how protective my family can be. The whole time Francesco made sure that he knew where I was and any time we were walking through the crowd, he made sure to have a hand either around my waist or on my shoulder. I don't know him very well and have only seen him a handful of times in my life but there's that familial bond. If he was in the states I would be just as protective of him. And everyone else. I wish they would come to the states. Angelo, Giusy's older brother, is the only one to ever come to visit and he did so with a bunch of friends.
We finally got back home around 3:30 and I passed out in Francesco's sister's bed because she's on vacation right now. He wouldn't let me go back to my house and sleep there by myself. But now Dana's here. Aaaand that's a story for a different post!