Guess Where in Italy – Part 16
Time for a Guess Where in Italy photograph to get you thinking over this coming weekend. This is the sixteenth in this series of images of corners of Italy for Italy Chronicles inquisitive readers to pore over. I suspect some readers will get the answer quite quickly. Passing Italians should not find it too hard […]
Guess Where in Italy? Part 15
The last Guess Where in Italy? post certainly got quite a few people guessing, with the distorted photograph causing quite a few problems! Well, seeing as I like to keep people guessing, here is Part 15 of this fun quiz to help people get to know Italy.
Italy, even if it does n0t make great play of the fact, has plenty of castles dotted around the country. Some fall into the fairytale category, while others would not look too out of place in the film such as Lord of the Rings or some medieval romp or other.
How well do you know Italy’s castles? Let’s see with this week’s photo manipulated brain teaser!
Guess Where in Italy? Part 14
In this episode of the Guess Where in Italy series you will see an novel image of place in Italy. Can you guess where this place is?
You have until Wednesday to provide the answer via a comment, and this quiz is just for fun.
See how well you know Italy by guessing the city featured in this photograph of Italy.
A Wii Aperatif
Those with a Scottish background could be forgiven for thinking that a ‘wii’ aperitif meant a ‘quick’ aperitif, but no, it really was an aperitif followed by a few bouts on Nintendo’s latest box of tricks which goes by the oddish name of ‘Wii’.
Pots Calling Kettles Black
As you may imagine, Italy is suffering from a minor bout of election fever at the moment. The general elections are just around the corner and election posters are appearing right, left, and centre. I’ve seen a couple of amusing ones, so far. First there was this lovely one from the Berlusco-Fini duo which, much […]
Disco, Disco, Music, and an Old Problem
We have a slight problem where we live in Milan. There is a sort of disco which backs onto our apartment block and the volume of the music, and in particular the bass, can get rather disturbing at times. Five times a week, on average. Still, you can probably thank the disco music for its […]
I was going to post a few photos
But I can’t. I did want to show you some photos of a little event I went to today which is being held at Milan’s Triennale exhibition centre. This event is for 2 to 6 year old children and is called ‘Vietato Non Toccare‘ – information in Italian. ‘Non toccare’ is ‘Do not touch’, and […]
Anglo-Saxon
Being from the UK, I am considered by Italians to be someone from an Anglo-Saxon culture. This makes me chuckle because for me ‘Anglo-Saxon’ sort of conjures up images of a people clad in fur and who rally to the war cries of a queen going by the name of Boadicea. Before anyone corrects me, […]
Oops! I’m in the wrong city!
You Belong in Dublin Friendly and down to earth, you want to enjoy Europe without snobbery or pretensions.You’re the perfect person to go wild on a pub crawl… or enjoy a quiet bike ride through the old part of town. What European City Do You Belong In? With […]
