Winter Break in the Province of Quebec

<p>When I was 8 years old, my parents took me to Italy over Christmas break, and I was miserable.</p> <p>I had a wishlist of Transformers, G.I.Joes, and Thundercats, but&nbsp;<a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbo_Natale" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Babbo Natale&nbsp;</em></a><em>was</em>&nbsp;not going to be able to translate this for me.</p> <p>Decades later, I am now faced with a similar trip &mdash; a return to my maternal grandparents&rsquo; hometown in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, along with various stops in northern Tuscany, Rome, and Pompeii.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@nsjersey/winter-break-in-the-province-of-quebec-36c7173274f7"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>