One of the things I did this summer was read several books, but by far the most interesting happened to be by an Italian called Guido Rosti Cesari. This writer, who has also written a number of technical publications, and works, I believe, in the water industry, could not find a publisher here in … [Read more...]
The giant awakes
August 28, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Milan, according to the telly news, has filled up with inhabitants all back from their summer hols, only there is not much traffic around and there are still plenty of vacant parking spaces and many shops are still shut up tight. So the news is wrong.My guess is that people will drift back this … [Read more...]
Genova etc
August 28, 2006 By Leave a Comment
As I mentioned briefly in my previous post, we spent some time during our summer hols in and around Genova. Genova, or Genoa as it is for some unknown reason known in English, is, yes, it still is, a port town on the north Italian coast. It's quite an interesting place because it is rather long … [Read more...]
Back again
August 23, 2006 By Leave a Comment
We got back to Milan after our summer break, which was spent mostly between Genova and a little place called Ponteinvrea near Albisola, which is near Savona, if that helps. Not much to report, although I'll scribble a little about the hols and other things shortly.I've yet to have a wander … [Read more...]
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