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Buon compleanno amici! We all share June Birthdays!🎉🎂🥳

Good morning Al and Eszter................Hey Al...did you watch the Italy game yesterday....what a horrible performance...Have a great day

Looked beautiful! I have two children born in June! My oldest daughter Marquette Innocent was born on this day! 6/30/1985 and my youngest son Vincent Angelo born on 6/25/1989 they are wonderful children and now very successful and happily married adults! I'm truly blessed! I gave birth to 5 great human beings! 3 son's and 2 daughters! Trevor Lennon, Marquette Innocent, Anthony Joseph, Vincent Angelo, and Cicilie Marie! Each have two middle names, I gave each of them my maiden name too! Cinquemani, which means Fivehands in Italian! Ciao, and Happy Birthday to you both! Have a great Sunday!

I haven't heard about golf in Sicily before, thank you.

Happy bdthy al

I have to watch the whole video. But from what I did see, it's another homerun!!!!

Put me on the list!! I’ll send a deposit today!!

I want that tour in 2025!

Ciao from Michele in Capaci!

Another great beach is San Vito lo Capo here. ruclips.net/video/feKk5AHVG7A/видео.html

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Dont forget the figs! Cuccidadi

Great video as always - thanks a lot!

Custonaci is one of our favorite villages. We love the L’Ancora ristorante. and the beach side restaurants and gelateria in Cornino.

Great video, found your shopping trip to be most useful. I'm planning on retiring in Italy in a year or two, not sure where yet, so familiarising myself with places and costs. Totally enjoying watching you guys!

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Navy vet! Plank owner of USS Carl Vinson CVN-70. Thanks

Love this video - Cefalú is my favourite Sicilian town. Have you guys done a video yet from Santo Stefano di Camastra a little further East? Also....have you filmed from the Egadi islands of Favignana and Levanzo off the West coast of Trapani. Had an amazing day trip to those in 2022. The sea... so blue off the coast of Favignana.

Sorry our paths did not cross during my trip but you videos where a great help and I had a great time based in Stazzo, Acireale. That eat was something else that last couple of days. I left Jun21st. Safe travels to you both and I will be back as my family is in Aci Sant'Antonio. Ciao!

When I was little, I helped my Sicilian Grandmother make pasta from scratch. She too, would lay sheets all over the house and we would lay them one by one to dry. A very fond memory for me.

Phil Grosso is my first cousin. I love this video. I hope to one day make the same pilgrimage to my grandmother and grandfather's birthplace.

Great info ~ love the pasta making. 😍 We love the west side of the island, but to be fair, Croce was born and raised outside of Palermo so that's where all the wonderful memories were made. Your tours look lovely. All the best.

FYI Ezster you are correct to point out that the residency/living in Italy requirement will only apply in certain situations, and that is if you are claiming JS citizenship from an ancestor more than 3 generations removed. So, 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation applicants won't need to live in Italy to apply under the current proposal. As for the language requirement, I personally applaud that requirement. B1 is Intermediate level and can be achieved with about 200 or so hours of good intensive language training. I think anyone who immigrates to a country and wants citizenship should be literate in the language of their new country. (just my opinion and what my Italian mother had to do to pass her U.S. citizenship test in the '50's). But in any event, having been in the Peace Corps and required, within 10 weeks in the country (Ukraine in my case, a language much more difficult than Italian) to be at B1 or above level, I know it is doable. Again, my opinion, but it shows a commitment to fully integrating into the culture.

Wow! I can remember when USA citizenship requirement was denouncing your homeland. Sad that many who did that may never been entitled to regain that citizenship or even apply. Several European country have done same. Germany. Have yo be German blood, speak, read and write. It appears this is yo prevent any of the migrants access to citizenship. And to think many Italians migrated to South America and Mexico for 100s of years

Very annoying to hear her translate as her italian guest is talking. Why don't you set the caption to translate. ...I had to stop the video...way too annoying.

Great info on JS. Much of the information available is confusing. I would love a video on more about this. Thank you

How can you come for 6 months or possibly a year when you can legally only stay for 90 days?

Lots of love from Australia , enjoy the heatwave

Thank you for the heads up about the proposed changes. We began the paperwork 1 year ago and then life put it on hold; oh no! I’m sharing this with my brother and we will begin researching the proposed changes and get back on the application. 🌟

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I tried getting dual citizenship back in 2001, I had all the information they wanted all typed up neatly, Houston consulate was giving me a hard time, and they gave my father a hard time years later when he went to the consulate in Houston, somehow they just don't want to work, ove those experiences in Italy with the carabinieri, they didn't want to be bothered. This is very good information you're giving I'm relaying this information to my sister.

Thank you Alfred for the update on proposed changes to the Jus Sanguinis law. You and I had a call a while back about my applying in Sicily at my grandfather's Comune in Sciacca. Anyone serious about Italian citizenship should not balk at learning the language (just one man's opinion). For most of us working stiffs, however, the real dealbreaker is foregoing the ability to earn and support our families for 6-12 months while we wait in Italy for recognition. I am coming to realize that the consular route is probably hopeless (I have had all my docs for a year+ and have not been able to get past the "canned message" I get on the Houston Consulate website "Due to the elevated level of requests, there are no available appointments). As I am only 8.5 years away from retirement, I am adjusting to the reality that I can still apply to live in Italy on a "retirement visa" as would any non-Italian American citizen. Not really the same, but you can't always get what you want in life. Così è la vita

Alfred and Ezther, Sicily agrees with you both because you guys look younger today than when you first got to Sicily.

Ciao! I’m so pleased you had an amazing time on the west coast of Sicily. Your videos have been superb. I’ve just had the best day in Taormina and Castelmola today. These two places feel more & more magical every time I visit! I’d almost be willing to live in a tent if I could wake up to that scenery every morning. I have tears in my eyes when I’m taking it all in. I was lucky enough to see the orchestra playing at the Teatro Antico ( not the actual concert - it was about 6.30pm and I think maybe they were practicing / warming up but it was fine for anyone to sit and enjoy). Sending best wishes to you both!😘

I think that the changes are reasonable. If you want to be Italian, yes you must learn Italian. Diritti e Doveri.

I love your New Yok accent !!!:)

Thanks for the info about the juris sanguis legislation proposals. We have a home in southern Italy and I’m eligible at this point to qualify because my grandparents did not become us citizens before my father was born so I’ve been thinking of doing this.Honestly I’m so overwhelmed by the amount of paperwork needed to obtain my citizenship so I’d love to hear another video about helpful ways to get it done, You both have wonderful videos btw, so helpful. We went to Sicily last year on your side of the island and enjoyed it thoroughly!

About time they clamped down on this outdated citizenship rule. It's been abused and nowadays doesn't make sense.

Great karma at work! 🎉❤

Glad I got my citizenship when I did….😮

Buona Domenica

Buongiorno Ester and Alfred ….thank you for the Italian citizenship information ❤

Thanks for the info on the dual citizenship.

I live there in Sicily city of Catania for four years, unfortunately I had to return to the United States, I wonder whether the past four years would count towards citizenship or do I have to start over again.?

Hi Eszter and Alfred, Thanks for your beautiful video and valuable information. Much love 😊❤

What if you are already recognized and have Italian passport? Any changes?

I'm shocked that you were mixing tomato sauce while wearing a white blouse! My kids know to put on a red or black shirt for Sunday dinner ;)

Good morning from East Texas! I contacted the Italian Citizenship Assistance (ICA) attorney agency there in Italy last week . Irene sent me the family chart to fill out and send back to them to determine if I'm eligible to apply for dual citizenship by blood, or discent. I also contacted the Archdiocese of The St Augustine Catholic Church in New Orleans, LA., weeks ago and they weren't accepting any applications at that time. They sent me an email on Wednesday to say they're now taking applications for your family genealogy search. ICA seems very reputable, have you heard of this Law Office? They have a RUclips channel and Raphael and Marco do a great job explaining all things Italian residency. If I must learn Italian so be it, i have time to learn and have often worried about living in Italy and not knowing how to communicate while being there. I find it very annoying here in Texas because so many Spanish speaking migrants coming here from Mexico and South America and now from everywhere, don't speak any English and it does annoy me! I can see the same thing about going to my ancestors homeland and not knowing Italian. I was planning on learning some Italian before heading over, but now I'll just enroll in college someplace and study online and get my certification. I have a small horse farm and my horses are old and i have a big house full of all my furniture and belongings. I need to decide what to do with my place here, keep it or sell it and take the giant leap of faith and just do it Ester and Al. I don't have any grandchildren, and all five of my children are grown married and living the crazy busy American way of life. They have no desire to live in the country or have farm animals. Why do i think they'd want to have or live on my place in the event of my death? They wouldn't! I think sometimes I should just sell and live out my life doing what I love, eating seafood pasta going to the beach and drinking fine wines and enjoying people that are happy healthy loving and fun! What do you think? Annette Fivehands

Thank you for the heads up! You guys always share the best information that’s most accurate. We appreciate you! My husband and I visited Rome, Florence, and Palermo in April and Sicily was the clear choice for where we want to retire. Sounds like we’ll have a lot to do before our time comes.

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