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> Chatty Cathy

I love being invited by my neighbors. They are endlessly helpful in trials
of my recipes, even when they seem strange to them, and eating with them
gives me loads of insight into real home cooking in Umbria. It's a great
way to know each other better, too.

It's different here because there is a lomg tradition predating the Romans
of people spending time in the streets and piazzas together. Because we are
in the country we meet where the two driveways meet. Not relating is a huge
statement here, and there is one non-resident that most of us have nothing
to do with. In the US just nodding at a neighbor was as far as most of us
went.