[TI] TI in October, need suggestions please.

[Corie Lindemann]

I remember him well!!! But I thought it was in bassa...off of Via Bagni. So 
watch out for small shops with little old nearly blind men! We caused a 
neighborhood commotion in that little shop, that's for sure! I think they 
all thought we were trying to rip the old guy off!
YES, know your money, and do one transaction at a time. I think he was 
overwhelmed by 2 Americani buying stuff at the same time!

Corie



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sheryl Hartnett" <grammylady3 at yahoo.com>
To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: [TI] TI in October, need suggestions please.


> Also, if Corie remembers our little escapade in the little shop in the 
> alta, KNOW YOUR MONEY in Italian!  Remember the little old man, Corie, 
> that could hardly see??  I'll NEVER forget him, that's for sure!!  LOL
>
> Have a Great Trip, Patti!
>
> Sheryl  :D
>
>
> --- On Mon, 9/15/08, Corie Lindemann <corielind at msn.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Corie Lindemann <corielind at msn.com>
> > Subject: Re: [TI] TI in October, need suggestions please.
> > To: gelatopatti at att.net, terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
> > Date: Monday, September 15, 2008, 2:58 AM
> > Patti,
> > The "soup nazi" waiter was at the Grand Hotel del
> > Terme restaurant, where
> > they ran out of burra and thought we were heathens for
> > wanting some
> > parmigiana to soften the strong fish taste to the pasta.
> > Ah, such wonderful
> > memories!!!! Really! Your email brought me back to the
> > streets of Termini
> > and I wish I was going back there with you!
> > I heard the La Laterna restaurant down by the piers was
> > very good.
> > The stairmaster from bassa to alta is any one of a number
> > of streets that
> > lead from the lower area, where the train station is, to
> > the upper, where
> > the duomo is. You can't really see any of that from the
> > train station, as I
> > recall, but there are several streets with stairs that go
> > up. We did the
> > stairs from the Grand Hotel up to the duomo every day. Via
> > Roma was another
> > street that led from lower to upper.
> > As far as getting from Palermo to TI...a bunch of us took a
> > crazy bus ride
> > from the airport to the train station in Palermo, then took
> > the train from
> > Palermo to TI. Watch out for the ticket sellers in
> > Palermo...if they sense
> > you are a tourist, they may very well overcharge you for
> > the fare (I think
> > Paul Caito just didn't look Sicilian enough!!!) When
> > coming from Palermo to
> > TI, watch the stops. I think Trabia is the last stop before
> > Termini. Some
> > trains don't stop in Trabia, so look for the signs on
> > the side of the
> > tracks.
> > The "tourist office" was quite small and
> > didn't have a ton of information,
> > but they did have nice booklets about the town. They had
> > pretty limited
> > hours, as I recall. They are up a few blocks from the
> > Duomo.  There was a
> > wonderful gelato shop near that piazza too. I think it was
> > at Piazza
> > Umberto. Can't remember the name of the gelateria, but
> > the price of gelato
> > kept going up each day we were there. Simple law of supply
> > and demand, I
> > suppose!! The hazelnut gelato was amazing! If you figure
> > out a way to bring
> > that back, I'll take some!
> > Enjoy the views from the Belvedere by the Duomo, and if you
> > are so inclined,
> > go to mass at the Duomo. I was very nice and gave me a
> > wonderful sense of
> > the way my great grandparents worshipped.
> > The cemetery is amazing! Spend some time there, but watch
> > open/closing hours
> > as they are somewhat sketchy sometimes, and you don't
> > want to be locked in
> > there after hours! I took a lot of photos of headstones
> > with family names. I
> > especially looked for names with birth years in the late
> > 1800s to try to
> > connect them to family members whose birthdates I had from
> > the database. Now
> > I wish I had taken more!
> > I didn't connect with any relatives there, but there
> > were several on the
> > list who did, so maybe they can help you make a connection.
> > If you do, be
> > prepared to be treated like famiglia!
> > Sharon Reif and I had lots of fun tracking down the houses
> > where our
> > ancestors lived. I found some addresses in some of the
> > microfilm records. If
> > you tell some of the native Termitani your family surnames,
> > they will
> > sometimes be able to tell you if that family lived in the
> > alta or bassa.
> > That was fascinating...that families generally stayed in
> > one part of town.
> > I don't know if you speak Italian, but learning some
> > would be a good use of
> > time! You get a little more credibility if you attempt to
> > speak Italian,
> > even if you butcher it!
> >
> > Hope that helps! Have a wonderful trip!!!
> >
> > Corie
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "patti covert" <gelatopatti at att.net>
> > To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 11:21 PM
> > Subject: [TI] TI in October, need suggestions please.
> >
> >
> > > TI Family,
> > >
> > > I will be in TI the last week of October and would
> > appreciate your
> > > suggestions of where and what to see, do, eat, etc.
> > I remember reading
> > > notes from those who went to the reunion in TI but, I
> > don't remember what
> > > everyone said about places of interest, eating,
> > gelato.  I do recall the
> > > 'soup nazi' story and no burra! ?? but
> > don't know what restaurant that
> > > was?  The stairmaster from bassa to alta
> > (oh...can't wait to do that!).
> > > Is that near the train station?
> > >
> > > We will be arriving by train from Palermo, how do you
> > get from the train
> > > stop into TI?   Last time, travelling from Palermo to
> > Bagheria, when the
> > > train stopped at TI, I couldn't see where to get
> > up to TI because the wall
> > > was too high to see into the town, and I didn't
> > see any stairs...Please,
> > > can someone give instructions, much appreciated :)
> > >
> > > Is there a general tourist information center near the
> > entrance to TI?  I
> > > recall one of the reunion pictures with many of the
> > group outside & inside
> > > the tourist center (or something like our chamber of
> > commerce ?? )
> > > Would this be a good place to research some family
> > contacts?  I really
> > > don't know how to start and maybe this isn't
> > the place.  I think Kathy
> > > Kirkpatrick had some contact information, but I'm
> > not positive.  I'd
> > > appreciate anyone's assistance, thanks :)  Also, I
> > think Kathy had a
> > > contact name for day tour to Trabia or ??   Would you
> > be able to share
> > > this persons contact informatio?
> > >
> > > I'm hoping to make or attempt to make contact with
> > family connections with
> > > family name(s) of Gentile, Piraino, Longo, Mercurio,
> > Rini, Palmisano,
> > > Sansone-Chiari, Culota, D'Attilo, Trentanella,
> > Rocca, and Badali.   I
> > > don't know where, except at the cemetary!
> > >
> > > A while back Paul Caito sent (or I sent to Paul?)a
> > note about a family
> > > connection we have.  I don't recall the family
> > name and I've misplace that
> > > note.  Paul, if you recall the name could you contact
> > me on the list?
> > >
> > > We are staying at Il Gabbiano II.  I don't know
> > how far this is from the
> > > main piazza, part of town or the train station.  Does
> > anyone know how long
> > > it takes to walk there from the train station?
> > >
> > > OK, too many questions, I'd appreciate anything
> > from anyone :)
> > >
> > > Now, is there anything I can bring back for the list?
> > >
> > > Thanks!   Patti
> > >
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