I Mondiali, FIFA World Cup, is experienced as a very special event by all Italians, one that everyone knows not to miss.聽聽Even those who are not usually interested in聽the聽campionato di serie A, Italy’s national soccer league,聽become soccer crazy during the World Cup to聽support the聽Azzurri聽(the name reserved to the team)聽for the […]
Below, we have an interesting motorcycle route: it could be done with a car, too, if you like small winding roads. Caprarola Tuscania and Viterbo need more time if you actually want to visit the towns. Lake Bracciano, Mount cimini, Etruscan Tuscania – 1 Day tour tour-itinerary Distances and Itinerary […]
After fifteen days of high and lows, tears and joys, the London 2012 Summer Olympics have finally come to a close last Sunday. What an emotional fortnight has been for sport fans all over the world! Truth is that, as usual and as expected, Team USA and China dominated the […]
Italian tifosi 聽 Never ask about football to an Italian, or he will go on boasting about his favourite football team for hours.La tifoseria Italiana , Italian football supporters, are numerous and at times, a bit too fanatic, indeed. Tifosi sometimes forget what rationality is and their excesses have lead […]
Studying in Italy Although Italy boasts some of the oldest universities in Europe [the University of Padova is one of the oldest in the world, and the third oldest in Italy (founded 1222), after the University of Bologna (1088) and University of Salerno (1173)], it is only in recent history […]
Fusar-Poli & Margaglio: Ice Dancers Bring the Heat to Torino Barbara Fusar-Poli was born in Sesto San Giovanni on February 6, 1972. She currently resides in Milan with her husband Diego Cattani and daughter Giorgia, who she gave birth to on June 24, 2004. According to the Fusar-Poli & Margaglio […]
Did you know? Italy has green tea. And it has healing powers. 鈥淚ts liquor is like the sweetest dew from Heaven,鈥� said Lu Yu in the eighth century. In Chin, green tea has always been used as a medicine. And Italy is discovering its benefits. The secrets The secret of […]
An Italian’s love for Harley Davidsons This good old friend of mine, Rodolfo Roiati, lives in Rocca Priora (a nice mountain town right outside Rome, placed in the Roman Castles) right around the corner from my me, has his 9th motorcycle of which most were Harley Davison. Michael Axel McCain […]
Denise Karbon, spectacular Italian bronze Italian Skiier Wins at Swedish World Cup Denise Karbon AARE (Sweden) – Only 12th after the 1st round and a bronze medal for the Italian Denise Karbon in the end. Miracles do happen in sports, in ski as well. The icy cold snow of Aare […]
A century has passed since the great Italian emigration from the South to the USA. Those years seem far, but history may soon be repeating itself. The economic crisis has put a huge strain on Italians, who now face times of great sacrifice 聽and hardship. In ‘ Hard Times’ […]