An Italian teacher of English left this comment yesterday. It's a sad story which paints a bleak picture of the teacher's lot in Italy today.Perhaps Italy was better when it had governments which lasted 6 months or so. At least the politicians never had time to really mess things up, even if … [Read more...]
Roberto Saviano = Italian Altruisim
October 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Roberto Saviano the writer of Gomorrah is one of a very small group of Italians who dare tackle one of Italy's oldest and stickiest issues - the mafia.Saviano's efforts have caused him to sign his own death sentence.Many Italians have asked me for what Italy is known, and many pre-empt my … [Read more...]
The pizzo
September 4, 2007 By 1 Comment
If you did not know, and I'm willing to bet you did not, a 'pizzo' is a payment to Sicilian gentlemen in exchange for their 'protection'.You could view it as being a type of insurance policy, in that if you do pay up, your shop/business will not end up looking rather charred and you will stand … [Read more...]
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