The winds really picked up and no boats were leaving the Island. We had planned our departure today and had packed and gone to the port, so fortunately the room we stayed in was available for another night. Alessia very kindly gave us a discounted rate since she seemed to sympathise with us being at the mercy of the weather. So, we took the opportunity to visit Quattropani, which our research suggested was the birthplace of a couple of Gemmolas, and we hoped to find some more Gemmola evidence in the cemetary there. After scouring both Acquacalda and Quattropani cemetaries to no avail (although there were many unmarked graves that were likely of the era we were looking for, the 1800′s), we continued on a beautiful drive around the island, finding ourselves back in Lipari town before we knew it.
We visited a shop where an older couple whos telephone directory we asked to borrow told us about the Hunziker connection, but not how Clelia Gemmola might have been related to Vincenzo. The lady told us she remembered when Clelia met Mr Hunziker, a wealthy Swiss man who painted (but may not have made his fortune that way) down at the northern port of Lipari. The Hunziker grand-daughter had just passed away in the last month at the age of 53. (And there are no Gemmolas in the phone directory.)
A very windy view of neighbouring Selina island:
That’s amazing Gemmola. What a find! How special. What kind of Ete-tye name is Hunziker though? Austro-Hunagarian?