Sant Eutizio is typical of smalltown Italy. One plaza is the hangout for young people, though elderly and middle-agedsprinkled themselves around. Mostly people just talk and, when theyfeel like it, have an ice cream cone or soft drink. Everyone knowsalmost everyone else, if not by name, by sight. Here and there someoneis outlandishly dressed but most follow the local standard.
Life here is quite differentfrom the big city.
The elderly are not abandoned, the young are rarelywithout guidance, infants are fussed over and proudly shown off, everyoneseems to know to whom they belong. Family is the institution theytrust. God is the One in whom they believe. The Church is comfortablyclose to home.