Cosenza, Italy

Back to Italy...From this point on we will be exploring cities from Spencer's mission. Spencer served in the Catania, Italy mission. This area includes the southern part of Italy and Sicily. Spencer had the blessing to serve a few months in his Great-great Grandparent's home province of Cosenza.

After a beautiful train ride from Rome we arrived in Cosenza. When we got off of the train we where the only one's in the station. This was a big difference compared to the busy cities in the north. Very few Italian's in the south know English. Without Spencer's language skills we would not have been able to do the rest of our trip.





Today was laundry day so we had decided to stay in the Holiday Inn because of the laundry service. I of all people should have known what laundry service was. After running around panicked for about an hour we found out the closest laundry mat was an hour away by bus. So, we decided to do laundry the old fashioned way.



In light of the situation we were grateful that we had an Americanized bathroom. Complete with tub, sink and towel holders. None of our other rooms before or after would have allowed us to do our laundry from a week of travel. Later that evening we went on a passegiata (this is the Italian's nightly stroll). The Italian's walk up and down the town squares. It is like cruising State on foot. During the passegiata the Italian's meet and great each other. One of the things I love most about the Italian culture is that they are so friendly. On our walk Spencer showed us around like he was a local.



Here we are in front of Spencer's old apartment.

We meet some members that Spencer knew and worked with. They are such amazing people and are pioneering the way in Italy for great things




This is Spencer's Great-great Grandfather's last name Parise.



This is a cinquecento. It means 500. This car is so tiny.