Yeap.. before a way to keep secrets was making families and alliances between them.. or completely disregard some branches in other cases, because was better to not mention or remember 😅..
South Italy is a parallel world, difficult to explain if you don't live it or have direct experience about it 👀🫠
Exactly, hard to explain to outsiders. Last time I was in Bari, was wandering around with some family members and uncle started heading towards historic town center. My aunt (from UK) stopped and asked if it was ok to enter. Response was that outsider have been allowed in safely for a few years. Explaining things like that in this age to people just results in blank stares of incomprehension.
I then took my missus on a little tour around the south and she said she wanted to stop to take a pee. We were driving through Mondragone near Naples. I said I'd rather wait and when she asked why, I said look closer at the people and streets and where we are and pay more attention. After a minute or two she said she was very happy to wait a bit
Man.. there's so much I could and would like to comment and say about it.. but would also dox myself much more than I would like to and then I did 🤣😅
