The happy childhood event that I want to describe is a moment in a summer vacation that happened maybe 10 years ago. In this vacation there were my father, my sister, my older sister, the new wife of my father with her two children. One is named Dias and the other one is named Dain. We were in this giant house in Puglia, a southern region of Italy. And we were close to the sea and this house had this giant garden all around the house. It was really nice. And most of the times, at the start of every day, we for breakfast used to go to a ficus. I don’t know the name in English but maybe this is the one. So this ficus plant was very big and there were these fruits that were hanging from the plant and they were really big. I didn’t see a ficus like that in all of my life before that event. And we always took these fruits and ate it all day and they were really nice. Before this vacation, I didn’t really like ficus but after that it was one of my favorite fruits. But I didn’t manage to find something like that in Turin because we don’t have this kind of food here. Fruits in Piedmont are really bad. Maybe we have apples that are good but otherwise they are not really nice.
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The happy childhood event that I want to describe is a moment during a summer vacation that happened maybe 10 years ago. In this vacation, there were my father, my older sister, my father's new wife, and her two children. One is named Dias and the other is named Dain. We were in a giant house in Puglia, a southern region of Italy. We were close to the sea, and this house had a giant garden all around it. It was really nice. Most of the time, at the start of every day, we would go to a ficus for breakfast. I don't know the name in English, but maybe this is the one. This ficus plant was very big, and there were these fruits hanging from it that were really large. I had never seen a ficus like that in my life before that event. We always took these fruits and ate them all day, and they were really nice. Before this vacation, I didn't really like ficus, but after that, it became one of my favorite fruits. However, I couldn't find anything like that in Turin because we don't have this kind of food here. Fruits in Piedmont are really bad. Maybe we have good apples, but otherwise, they are not very nice.
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