no time in Geneva...I'm in Paris now

Bonjour de Paris---J'espère que tout le monde est bien et je serai à la maison dans 3 jours ! !

Ok, so I have a few more moments to catch everyone up...I believe I left off with Torino. After walking around we went to the apartment of our families son and his wife for a new years meal of fish and pasta, followed with panatone and limoncella...
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Limoncello is a lemon liqueur produced in the south of Italy, mainly in the region around the Gulf of Naples and the coast of Amalfi and Islands of Ischia and Capri , but also in Sicily and on Sardinia. It is made from lemon rinds, alcohol, water, and sugar.
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Afterwards we went to the main town square for the countdown...or lack there of...we all watched a clock with no seconds on it...then at midnight everyone popped bottles and toasted. The only downside was all of the fireworks in the street...there were rowdy and drunk teenagers everywhere throwing fireworks into crowds of people...and I'm not talking sparklers...these were blackcats and m80s....it became very dangerous, and people were getting injured.
BUT, other than that we had a great time with the everyone. It was really nice to spend new years with people our age.
The next day we slept in and had brunch with the family and grandpa...he was an interesting guy, he was a teacher of mucis and latin. while we ate we watched the live new years classical music perforances in Venice and Vienna.

Well...this may be my last blog from Europe. I will be home at 4 pm central time on Jan 10th!!! I had a blast and plan on summerizing this crazy experience when I get home. Ciao from Paris. Hello USA