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Amalfi Coast Fun and Trivia!

Amalfi Coast Fun Trivia

1. The towns lying on the Amalfi Coast are Vietri sul Mare, Cetara, Maiori, Minori, Ravello, Atrani, Amalfi, Praiano, Scala and Positano.

2. The Amalfi Coast is listed by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage site.

3. The area is featured in Positano (1953) by American writer John Steinbeck.

4. In the 19th Century Positano was one of the stops on the Grand Tour, a ritual journey taken by English nobility and well-to-do gentry.

5. Atrani is only five minutes from Amalfi- by foot!- but it is much more relaxed.

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Italy Jokes

Q. What does FIAT stand for?
A. Frenzied Italian At Traffic-lights.

Q. What's an innuendo?
A. An Italian suppository.

Q. How did they advertise surplus W. W. II Italian rifles for sale?
A. "Never fired, and only dropped once."

Q. How is the Italian version of Christmas different?
A. One Mary, one Jesus, and 32 Wise guys.

Q. Why are most Italian men named Tony?
A. When they got on the boat to America they stamped To NY (Tony) on their foreheads.

Remember I am Italian too! These jokes are just meant to bring a smile...

Holidays

NATIONAL HOLIDAYS

January: 1, New Year's Day; 6, Epiphany

March: 17, St. Patrick's Day

April: 25, Anniversary of Liberation

May: 1, May Day

June: 2, Republic Day

August: 15, Assumption

November: 1, All Saints' Day

December: 8, Immaculate Conception; 25, Christmas Day; 26, St. Stephen's Day

Spring: Easter; day after Easter, Easter Monday


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