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Italy Chronicles

The Italy You Don't Know

Italians and bread.

September 4, 2007 by Alex Roe

The subject of bread got me thinking about this basic food and its almost fundamental role in Italian daily life. Italians seem to find it difficult to eat food without having some bread, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Italian food Tagged With: Italia

Roaches

May 30, 2006 by Alex Roe

While dropping off our little one at the day nursery today I was involved in the elimination of a large cockroach within said nursery. One of the nursery staff started screaming and lunging … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Italian politics Tagged With: Italia, Italian, life

Cleanliness and gold medal untidiness

April 18, 2005 by Alex Roe

Italians have clean homes, very clean homes. Italian wives and cleaning ladies spend hours ensuring that the home environment is spotless, and hygienic too. You can buy special steam … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Italy Tagged With: Italia, Italian

Driving in Northern Italy

January 13, 2005 by Alex Roe

Contrary to popular opinion, I have to say that Italian drivers don't seem at all bad, at least up here in Northern Italy. Yes, there are some mad ones, but then you get mad drivers in most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in Italy Tagged With: driving, Italia, Italian

Food time!

January 5, 2005 by Alex Roe

Lunchtime, baby is sleeping - dozed off while we were searching for x-ray copies and doing a bit of shopping. Well, this is Italy, so what am I having? You guessed it . Pasta! This pasta is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Italian food Tagged With: Culture, grappa, Italia, Milan

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