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Angioino Castle, the Castel dell'Ovo, the royal palace with its guards, and the "funiculara". My father used to buy me the famous "sfogliatelle" at the old Caffè Pintauro, ice cream and spumoni. These pastries did not exist in Fallo and excited my childish gluttony.

There were also the sea with its smell, the waves, the boats, and the fish.

There was also the street organ with its sad-happy tunes echoing between the huge crowded buildings.
The market and the street vendors in Naples offered a variety of food, some of which was until then unfamiliar to me. The smells were rich, strong, overpowering. I can still smell the odor of roasted peppers, fish, mussels, and sea weed, to mention only a few. The lights in the streets, the crowds, the
elegant clothes, the women with make-up and lipstick fascinated me.
My visits to Naples provided an extraordinary experience which enriched my life.
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CHAPTER FOURTH

- Feasts: sacred and profane love -

Meanwhile in Fallo life was far less exciting, but the few extraordinary events that took place were memorable especially for the children. The most important of these events was the feast of St. Vincenzo Ferreri, the Patron Saint of Fallo. It was celebrated the first Sunday of June (now the first Sunday of August to allow all the Fallesi to return from the cities to
Fallo during the customary vacations of this month in Italy or even Europe). The feast lasted three days, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The religious ceremony of the feast included a high Mass and a procession through the village with the statues of the Madonna and St. Vincenzo. The statue of St. Vincenzo was draped with a large green sash to which gold objects of all type and size had been attached over the years as votive expressions of gratitude to the Patron Saint. During these three days of feast some well known band of the region was hired to play in the processions and to give concerts in the town piazza.
The arrival of the band on a bus was expected with jubilation by all the children who placed themselves on lookout in different spots overlooking