Dreaming Italy – A Prize Winning Video

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Matthew 'Matty' Brown, despite his taste for loopy hats, happens to be very good at creating videos.  His, by his own admission, somewhat rushed video of the beautiful and virtually unknown Basilicata area of south Italy which he entered as part of a digital diary contest won the grand prize.  … [Read more...]

Bicycle Day in Milan, Italy and Making Videos

Yesterday, Sunday, the centre of Milan was closed to traffic for most of the day until six in the evening.  After a sunny start, the weather was lousy, but that did not stop plenty of cyclists taking to the streets of Milan, as you will see from the short film I took with a Kodak Zi8.I was at … [Read more...]

Floating Self-Catering in Venice

If you have not been to Venice, then you really should.  If you like the idea, but are put off by the expense, then how about seeing Venice by hiring your very own floating self-catering appartment?Although a floating self-catering appartment might sound an expensive way to see this magical … [Read more...]

Amalfi by Alfa Romeo

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I dug this video up on Youtube, and quite liked it.  It's a short documentary with a presenter who finds chaotic Naples, dirty, grimy, but vibrant.  She promptly flees the city in her red Alfa Romeo convertible and heads off towards Vesuvius, and then along the winding roads of the Amalfi … [Read more...]

Michela Vittoria Brambilla’s alleged Fascist Salute Video

Michela Vittoria Brambilla, Italy's newly appointed minister for tourism, has got herself in a spot of bother.  She's being accused of using a fascist style salute during one of her recent public appearances.Ms Brambilla is denying that her spur of the moment salute was at all fascist, but … [Read more...]