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I've been to Pescara many times when I worked for Pirelli. It's a beautiful city with very friendly people I have many fond memories of!!

Yes, I love the city and the country, which is the origin of my family line, well actually we're Sicilian. My last name is Florio, and my family has been in the wine business since 1832. I worked for Pirelli for nine years, which afforded me the opportunity to visit Italy many times and my Division's offices were in Pescara, so I've spent a fair amount of time there. I love the beaches, the markets, and the food, which was amazing!! I'll tell you a story I like to relate to my friends here in America about my first morning in Pescara. I had been in Rome for five days then drove over to Pescara getting in about ten o'clock in the evening. I was staying at the Carlton Hotel and my balcony opening out looking over the beach and the ocean. When I got up in the morning, I went out on my balcony and I saw a huge armada of war ships sailing offshore. When I went down to breakfast, I asked my waiter about the ships? I asked him if it was the Italian Navy? He said "no, it was the American Navy." It's hard to explain how that makes you feel as an American to be 8,000 miles away from home and right offshore from your hotel is your Navy patrolling the world and keeping the peace!! I will never forget that moment!!