Tsunami

This is just a little extra post to mention the place where I, er, borrowed the HTML and image to use as means to allow people who may read my blog to donate a little something to help out all those affected by this mind- boggling disaster.

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.

Many thanks and apologies to Weblogsky and Mr Jon Lebkowsky. Here is a link to his blog: http://www.weblogsky.com

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.

For Jan – Sardinia

I’ve been digging around on You Tube again, and I dug this up. OK, so it’s not a

Berlusconi the Paedophile?

The headline in today’s edition of Libero, a centre-right Italian newspaper, is Tesi: Silvio Pedofilo – Thesis: Silvio Paedophile.

Want to Time Travel in Tuscany?

David and I did! We travelled back 615 years to 1398. The next time travelling trip from Volterra,

Possible new home

This blog started out on Blogger, but I liked the look of some of WordPress's features, so I'm

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Interviewed About Italy By the BBC Twice in One Week

Oh this blogging life! That’s twice I’ve had a chat with BBC radio this week. First I had a chat with Roberto Perrone, an award

Italy Takes to Twitter and Tweets

Initially, many Italians found Facebook a little off putting, and did not take to it. Maybe Italians did not like having to deal with settings and an interface in English. Now Facebook is in Italian, Italians are all over Facebook. Now, the same thing seems to be happening with regard to Twitter.

Sorry

I've not been writing anything on this blog recently due to our little son being in hospital, once again. It's the seventh time with the

Damn, I miss the car.

This time last year I got rid of my car. I hardly used the thing, so getting rid of it was the right thing to