Jolanta Gulbis

This is Jolanta Gulbis of Udine, Friuli as I met her in front of the church of San Gaetano in Florence. Her parents were born in Riga, Latvia and escaped in the early eighties from the Soviet communist terror to settle in Boston where Jolanta was born. They started a successful business of buying and selling stuff and making pots of money, quickly retired to Udine where they bought land, cows, goats and started to make cheese. This turned out to be another family triumph. Now they have a bakery downtown called "Le Konditoreja" where they sell their cheeses and make buns ... the most popular is the "Royale with Cheese". Jolanta is deeply and secretly in love with Raffaelo Brunetti, son of a policeman.