Restaurant Recommendations for Cassino, Italy

[Bill Russell]

Fellow Freepers: I will be visiting Cassino, Italy and the mountaintop Monastery of Monte Cassio next month for a writing project on the Polish II Corps. I am aware of the Polish Cemetery, but would appreciate any information on off-the-beaten-path monuments. Also, it you have any recommendations on restaurants and wineries in the area (especially those smaller local restaurants you won't find on the tourist websites) along with any "must try" dishes.

Thanks in advance!

V/R

Bill

[Bill Russell]

Thanks again, Larry. I am really looking forward to my visit.... I spent over 10 years in Europe during my Army career and never made it down to Italy!

[Larry Lucido]

My father (whose parents came to the U.S. from Sicily) made it to Italy during January 1944. He took the scenic route from Anzio to Rome, then met a 17-year-old girl who he asked out to a dance (chaperoned by her mother). He then visited Germany, got wounded, and then came back in late 1945 and married the girl. The rest is history. :-)

I’ve been there 5 times. Once to study law for a month, in 1995.

[Bill Russell]

Great story, Larry....I am reading Norman Davies’ new book, Tail of Hope, in preparation for my trip. It looks like many of the Poles who survived Stalin’s Gulags and fought their way up the east coast of the peninsula had similar experiences to your father’s....Lots of good history there!