DECISION TIME FOR GUISEPPE COSANOSTRO

Guiseppe (Joey) lives in Aliano / Calabrian holidays are being heavily marketed now. / Grandpa’s house is large but
old-fashioned.
Summers are hot
Winters can be bitterly cold / EU grants to Southern Italy are a major part of life in Aliano / There is a primary school in Aliano
Modern “Starter-homes” now available in Alianello Nuovo. / Grandpa is keen on Verdi- especially ‘La Traviata’ / Joey loves birdwatching. Migration time is a lovely time for him in Aliano.
Earthquakes restrict further growth in the hilltop town areas. / He lives with Grandpa, 76 years of age. / Increasing affluence is a marked feature of life in Aliano.
Guiseppe has 5 uncles, 3 grandparents and a Godfather. / Joey met a young blonde at college. She works in Milan these days. / Joey can handle a shotgun with ease.
You can’t beat those peaceful sunsets over the mountains. / Only the elderly seem to work the land these days. / Many people in Aliano are over 55 years old.
Joey went to the University of Brindisi.
He is a qualified car mechanic. / Fiat are looking for unskilled workers in Turin. / EU grants have made small tractors more numerous.
There is no shortage of part time work for the active population in Aliano. / 15 cousins live nearby in Aliano. Joey loves big family get togethers. / Mosquitoes still plaque the river valleys.
Aliano is high in the Appennine mountains. / Northern Italians are not quite the same somehow! / Torrential winter rain erodes soil.
oey’s girlfriend in Milan can afford the latest fashions. / Coastal oil refineries spoil the look of the nearby bay. / Why did they build that Autostrada. It is empty.