"Eurolandia" (1/2001)
"Eurolandia" is the name that Italian journalists used when
talking about Europe in the days immediately following Jan 1st.
Tour Guide Trial (9/2001)
In the late 90's, in a moment of pazzia (madness), I decided to
try for the official authorization of Guida Regionale dell'Umbria.
Peppino Impastato: Justice at Last (4/2002)
As there has been every year since Peppino Impastato's
murder by the Mafia, on May 9th, 1978, there will be a march in his memory
in Cinisi (near Palermo), Sicily.
Baking in the Outdoor Bread Oven Pizza
is Naples' famous quickbread. The Umbrians, too, have a quickbread: torta al testo (torta generally means "cake" in Italian
- but not here in the Region of Umbria, where it denotes a delicious hearth
bread).
Eating and Dancing with "the Locals" Carnevale, the celebratory period of dancing, feasting prior to Lent is in full swing now. And I do mean "full swing": the rural people exuberate in ballroom dancing (after banquet meals!) every Friday and Saturday night, as well as Sunday afternoons.
"Florence Explodes": November 9, 2002
My husband Pino and I were in Florence on November 9th, the day of the
European Social Forum march (against war - and the woes of globalization). UN'ESPERIENZA STRAORDINARIA.
Strong Euro? Economize "All'Italiana"! (1/2005)
To get more for your dollar, dip into the Italian innate creative inventiveness
(l'arte di arrangiarsi).
