Everything by Italy Chronicles founder, Alex Roe

Alex Roe is from the UK, but has lived and worked in Milan, Italy for more than a decade. He founded Italy Chronicles in 2005 as Blog from Italy. When not working on Italy Chronicles, Alex teaches English at a business school, translates, writes articles for other web sites and runs training courses.

How To Flush the Toilet in Italy

The Dreaded Hole in the Ground

While you might not think such a mundane topic as flushing water-closets in Italy merits a how to post, you would be wrong, for the simple act of going to the toilet in Italy is not always as straightforward as it may seem, or should be.There are several ways in which water-closets in Italy may … [Read more...]

More Foreign Direct Investment for Italy

In an interview he gave to Italian newspaper, Il Corriere Della Sera, Reuters reports that the US Ambassador to Italy, David Thorne, intimated that if Mario Monti is allowed to reform Italy's labor market, it is highly likely American companies will invest in Italy.The key word is very much … [Read more...]

No More Jobs for Life in Italy, Maybe

Italian job seekers

Italy's technocrat Prime Minister Mario Monti stirred up a huge fuss in Italy last week when he stated on television that having a job for life was a bit boring.  Italians hurled insults towards Monti via Facebook and Twitter.  Italy's political parties were unhappy with Monti's quip … [Read more...]

A Visit to the Affordable Art Fair, Milan 2012

Artist Paul Critchely Enjoying a Drop of Wine

Yesterday I spent an interesting afternoon at the Affordable Art fair in Milan where I met English artist Paul Critchley, his lovely wife Helen, and a few other people I've bumped into while checking out the art scene elsewhere in Milan.I even met former Blue Vertigo singer turned artist Andy … [Read more...]

The Inspiring Ferrari 458 Italia – What a Sound!

The Ferrari 458 Spider

Italy is Ferrari, Ferrari is Italy.  Ferrari make cars little boys dream of, and bigger boys, and a few girls buy.This legendary Italian car maker has probably inspired many businessmen, and a few women, to strive for success.Once you have got a gleaming new, probably red, Ferrari sitting … [Read more...]