点评:We had the best day trip with our driver Alessandro! He was amazing! We booked a trip Cervinara, a little out of the way town that is not a common tourist destination but this little town is special! He was a little confused why we would want to go here so we explained that this little town is where my great grandmother Rufina was born and where she later got married to my great great grandfather!
When we first arrived the church was closed but our amazing driver Alessandro said let’s try again. We went back before we left the village and viola, the church was open. Not only that, there were 3 priests inside. Alex told them why we were there and the one priest gave us a look like, interesting and motioned for us to follow him. (He was the current priest). We did and they took us into this little room and started pulling very old leather bound books from a book case.
Inside one of the books they found record of my great grandmothers birth, and in the other they found record of her marriage to Giovani Carafano, my great grandfather.
Unexplainable experience! If not for Alessandro insisting we go back, we might have never seen the books. He was so accommodating and seemed to be as excited as we were that the church was open when we went back. He was very friendly, his English was very good. He told us stories about his family and his time in Canada. Felt like we were with an old friend! We highly recommend Alessandro! He was our favorite driver our entire trip!
翻译:我们和司机亚历山德罗一起度过了最棒的一日游!他真是太棒了!我们预订了去切尔维纳拉的行程,这是一个有点偏僻的小镇,并非热门旅游目的地,但这个小镇却很特别!他一开始有点不明白我们为什么要来这里,于是我们解释说,我的曾祖母鲁菲娜就出生在这个小镇,后来她也在这里嫁给了我的高祖父!
我们刚到的时候教堂关着门,但我们出色的司机亚历山德罗说,我们再去看看吧。离开小镇前,我们又去了一趟,结果教堂竟然开着!不仅如此,里面还有三位神父。亚历克斯告诉他们我们来的目的,其中一位神父看了我们一眼,似乎很感兴趣,然后示意我们跟他走。(他是当时的神父。)我们照做了,他们带我们走进一个小房间,开始从书架上取出一些非常古老的皮面精装书。
他们在其中一本书里找到了我曾祖母的出生记录,在另一本书里找到了她与我的高祖父乔瓦尼·卡拉法诺的结婚记录。
真是难以言喻的体验!如果不是亚历山德罗坚持带我们回去,我们可能永远也看不到那些书了。他非常热情周到,而且当我们再次回到教堂时,他似乎和我们一样兴奋,因为教堂已经重新开放了。他非常友善,英语也说得很好。他给我们讲了他的家人和他在加拿大的生活故事。感觉就像和一位老朋友在一起!我们强烈推荐亚历山德罗!他是我们整个旅程中最喜欢的司机!