Abruzzen-Ahnenforschungs- und Reiseberatungsanruf

Marino was an absolute pleasure to work with. I took a trip to Italy and wanted to visit the hometown of my Grandmother. Marino went above and beyond in scheduling an amazing day trip to Penne. We went to a small vineyard to sample some great local wine, and had a terrific lunch, and then he drove us to Penne. He was able to line up a local to show us around. This local provided us with such a great perspective on the history as well as current happenings in Penne. It was a trip I'll never forgot.

Marino hat großartige Arbeit für mich und meine Mitreisenden geleistet. Er fand einen meiner Cousins, bevor ich in Rivisondoli in den Abruzzen ankam. Er arrangierte den Transport für fünf von uns vom Flughafen Rom zu unserem Hotel in Rivisondoli. Unser Fahrer Riccardo war schnell, höflich und teilte während der Fahrt viele Informationen über die Gegend mit. Marino kam später am Tag an und brachte uns zu meinem Cousin Renato und seiner Frau Oksana, und später aßen wir alle in einem wunderbaren Restaurant, La Portella, zu Abend. Am nächsten Tag begleitete er uns zum Rathaus, um die Unterlagen meiner Großeltern zu finden. Wir konnten eine beglaubigte Kopie bekommen und uns sogar mit dem Bürgermeister fotografieren lassen! Dann ging er weit darüber hinaus und nahm uns mit auf einen kurzen Ausflug in die schöne Stadt Pescocostanzo, wo er für eine Weile verschwand und sagte, er müsse sich um seinen Parkplatz kümmern. Er war eine ganze Weile weg, aber als er zurückkam, führte er uns zu einem fabelhaften Restaurant, La Corniola, für ein köstliches Mittagessen. Wir erfuhren bald, wo er verschwunden war. Aus den Fotos, die er in den Tagen zuvor gemacht hat, hat er Fotomagnete für uns alle gemacht! Wir waren überwältigt. Es war eine Freude, mit Marino vor und während unserer Reise umzugehen. Ich empfehle Experience Bella Vita für ein unvergessliches Reiseerlebnis in die Abruzzen – ein Juwel in Italien.

My husband and I traveled to Italy for our 25th anniversary. As a second generation Italian immigrant, my husband was interested in finding out more about his Italian roots. Marino Cardelli was referred to us by a family friend as someone who had experience in ancestry research. Marino did an absolutely amazing job for us. he found the village that my husbands family was fun, helped us obtain transportation to the village, which was high up in the mountains 3 hours away from any City and, since we do not speak Italian, even met us at the village to translate for us. Marino was able to find birth records and marriage certificates which he used to create a family tree for us. He even interviewed people at the Village for us and from these interviews we learned a lot more about our family than we knew. He also found a living cousin of ours in the Village and from the information he learned from this cousin he was able to track the rest of our family who it turns out had emigrated to Canada. Thanks to Marino, we found a whole Canadian wing of the family we never knew existed. Throughout the process Marino was professional, fun to work with, was as interested in our family as we were and most importantly is simply superb at researching family history. It is evident that he has a passion for ancestry research. We are so immensely grateful to him for his outstanding work. I highly recommend Marino to anyone looking to find out more about their ancestors. We were so impressed with his work that we plan on working with Marino to discover my Sicilian roots next. It does not get any better than Marino!