Some news from Italy for your Sunday reading pleasure:
Another earthquake shook L’Aquila on Monday night - this quake was a 4.5 on the Richter scale, compared to the 5.8 quake from early April. No injuries are reported from the new tremor (probably because so many people are still living in tent cities).
Not only did PM Silvio Berlusconi hire escorts as party guests at his villas, one of them says she stayed the night to “work” for La Berlusca. And instead of being paid for those services, he said he’d help her with a building project …
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Some news from Italy for your Sunday reading pleasure:
This is either truly hysterical or truly mental. Or both. Some of Berlusconi’s supporters are actually trying to get him nominated to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
How do you pay a €5,000 fine while protesting said fine at the same time? You pay it in pennies, like one Italian butcher did.
Although Berlusconi was successful in blocking the publication - in Italy - of photos of topless models and other partygoers taken at his Sardinian villa, beyond his country’s borders he holds less sway. So the Spanish …
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Some news from Italy for your Sunday Monday reading pleasure:
(Sorry, this update’s a day late - I got back from my quick trip to Rome yesterday and then went straight to the AC Milan game, after which I collapsed from heat exhaustion. Or at least that’s what it felt like. Anyway, on with the news!)
The record for the world’s most expensive car has just been broken, as a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa went for a cool $12.2 million at an auction in Maranello, Italy (where Ferrari is based) last week.
If you prefer fizzy water …
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Some news from Italy for your Sunday reading pleasure:
Seems there’s no shortage of stories about people returning to the Italian towns their ancestors left, only to be welcomed back with open arms by the remaining family. But no matter how many of them I read, they get me every time. This one is especially well-written, and I ended up wiping away tears not even halfway through it. Lovely, lovely story.
Holy cats! Last week I suggested that PM Silvio Berlusconi’s long-suffering wife Veronica Lario should stop complaining about him in the press - “deal with it or …
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Some news from Italy for your Sunday reading pleasure:
Milan and Lombardy have joined the madness by banning the eating of things like gelato, kebabs and pizza in public places. Is this the end of the joy of the passeggiata?? Say it ain’t so, Italy!
Thankfully, people in Milan are protesting the absurd new law, including a publicized protest by a political candidate.
I wanted to be amused - highly amused, in fact - that Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, his wife Veronica Lario (a former showgirl), & his Equal Opportunities Minister (and former topless model/showgirl - …
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Some news from Italy for your Sunday reading pleasure:
There are vending machines all over Italy at which you can buy everything from bottled water to espresso to pizza - but this one that distributes fresh milk is about the most entertaining I’ve heard of.
On the one hand, I’m happy to know that there seems to be a growing displeasure with the way women are portrayed in the media in Italy - and on the other hand, I think that it’s still such a minority of people in Italy who even care that I still wonder …
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Some news from Italy for your Sunday reading pleasure:
Talk about a runaway bride… A bride in Italy actually went through the whole wedding ceremony and photos with her new husband before running off with their driver before the reception.
Italian soccer star Christian Vieri, who has something of a playboy reputation in Italy (having been linked with an impressive string of Italian WAGs throughout his career), has introduced a signature line of - wait for it - condoms. You, too, can now use Bobo Vieri’s condoms. Wait, that doesn’t sound right…
Really, the first …
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Some news from Italy for your Sunday reading pleasure:
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A particularly aggressive species of beetles has invaded the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and the bugs are actually eating away at priceless works of art in the museum.
I’m not a …
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Some news from Italy for your Sunday reading pleasure:
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The whole world seems to be buzzing about swine flu, and people with Italy travel plans are wondering whether they need to worry. Alex at Blog from Italy talks a little about swine flu in Italy and how the government is handling it. There’s a page on the Rick Steves website that will continue to be updated for people with travel plans to Europe. As of this writing, there …
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Some news from Italy for your Sunday reading pleasure:
There’s still news coming out of Italy about the earthquake on April 6th, and I’m still updating the post I wrote about it back then. Check my L’Aquila earthquake post for all the information I’m finding online from the 6th to the present.
I make no secret of my affection for Venice, so I’m not surprised at how much I love this video about the gondola tradition and the Regatta Storica. But I seriously don’t think it’s possible for anyone to watch it and not end up wanting to go …
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