Di’s Great Photo Giveaway

Photographer Di, whose work I love, is having a little photo themed prize draw. All you need to do to get 2 of her photographs, enlarged and printed up to 30x45cms in size and mailed to you, where ever you are in the world, is to visit her site and leave a comment. The prize draw is Sunday 11th January 2009.

Stop reading, start speaking

Stop translating in your head and start speaking Italian for real with the only audio course that prompt you to speak.

Look for the “A Thank You Gift” post on 6th January here: A Woman Wondering

And do not forget to check out Dis works on Flickr – there is a link from beneath the men in the boat! But not in the sea.

Chad

+Alex Roe is from the UK, but has lived and worked in Milan, Italy, for many years. Alex has been interviewed by the BBC on Italy issues. He tweets news and information about Italy to over 37,000 Twitter followers via @newsfromitaly on Twitter.

Sharm El Sheikh, bombs etc

Well, I have finally got round to scribbling something about our 'holiday' in Sharm. Here it is: Well,

Living With An Italian Legend

It has always fascinated me how early people explained natural phenomena, and so gave birth to many legends

Italy, One, P2, P3

Strange days in Italy. Whilst digging into illicit goings on surrounding the awarding of contracts for wind farms in Sardinia, Italy’s carabinieri police appear to have uncovered the insidious sequel to a mysterious illegal masonic group known as Propaganda 2, or P2 for short. Italy’s press have wasted no time in labelling the sequel, Propaganda 3. Or P3 for short.

When in Italy, You Must Try a Hot Chocolate or Three

Before I came to Italy, I had not tried Italian style hot chocolate. Now though, I have and

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Which Way Now for Berlusconi?

What should be a definitive vote on whether or not to remove Silvio Berlusconi from Italy’s senate should happen at some time in mid-October. Indications

A gap and Italian ‘fun’

Busy week. Not had enough time to get everything done. No different from usual really. Tried to get hold of the copies of some x-rays

Expensive Milan

My post on the sky high bill which a couple of Japanese tourists received after dining at Rome’s Il Passetto restaurant has attracted some attention. The Italian press has also been hunting for other similar stories too, and has found a couple of other supposedly extreme bills.

What about the Unsung Etruscans?

The Who? You might well ask if, like me, school history lessons taught you that European civilisation developed from the Ancient Greeks and the Ancient