The late Gianni Agnelli, the former boss of FIAT, had a bit of a reputation for having gone over the top in his younger days with his cocaine habit. He snorted the evil powder so much that, so the story goes, most of his nasal passages had been re-constructed in gold.Sadly, the temption of this … [Read more...]
The street fair
October 14, 2005 By Leave a Comment
I was happy to note that the traditional Paolo Sarpi street fair took place this year.Having witnessed the closure of many traditional Italian shops in this rather pleasant, and convenient shopping street, I was a little surprised to see that the fair was going to be held.What they do is to … [Read more...]
The funny time of year
October 14, 2005 By Leave a Comment
October here in Italy is quite odd climate-wise. You get up in the morning and find that it is quite 'fresh' as my dad would put it. This means that it is neither warm, nor really cold. Still, it's best to put some sort of coat on in the mornings, or so I find. I'm sure my … [Read more...]
The weather…..again
October 4, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Regular readers will know that the weather is one of my pre-occupations - it should be seeing as it was the 'orrible climate that got me out of the UK.Anyway, October is here and it's cooled down a lot. Autumn clothes are out and it's feeling chilly. The weather here is now the same … [Read more...]
Montalbano is back!
October 4, 2005 By Leave a Comment
OK, so I have not been blogging for a while. Too much to do and other stuff too boring to go into here.Now, what (or maybe who) is Montalbano? Good question. The answer is that 'Montalbano' is the fictional head of a police station in a small Sicilian town and 'Montalbano' is also … [Read more...]
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