Feb
29

An Interesting Car Month in Milan.

2008 | Filed Under Milan | 1 Comment

First, I caught sight of a very sleek matt-black Maserati down in the centre, only to learn afterwards that it is one of a kind and belongs to none other than Lapo Elkann who is one of the Fiat clan. Presumably Lapo was at the helm. The car was being driven rather briskly too, I might add.

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Feb
29

Chaos in Part of Milan this Morning

2008 | Filed Under Milan | 3 Comments

When I got to the business school in the Fiera area of Milan this morning, at around 9, I found just about all the classrooms deserted. Oops, I’ve arrived far too early, I thought. I checked the time, and it was indeed around 9, on both my trusty mobiles.

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Feb
29

Celanto a settembre, Milan - a great little restaurant

2008 | Filed Under Italian Food | Leave a Comment

Celento a settembreWe went out this evening with some friends, and they took us to an interesting restaurant which, it has to be said, is a little out on a limb. This is something of a shame because the place has a nice relaxed atmosphere, and more importantly, great food and wine. Our friends had already been there a couple of times, and on both previous occasions, the restaurant had been virtually empty. What a great shame.

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Feb
27

Cefalu

2008 | Filed Under Good Italian Things | 3 Comments

I dug this little video up on You Tube, and yes, I am thinking about holidays. By the way, if you did not know, Cefalu is down in Montalbano country, otherwise know as sunny Sicily.

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Feb
25

I Blame Di for this silliness!

2008 | Filed Under Funny | 5 Comments

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is:

Emperor Alexander the Paragon of Fishkill St Wednesday

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Feb
25

The Innovative Mr Alberico and his Sports Centre

2008 | Filed Under Good Italian Things | Leave a Comment

Here is another story of a ‘Good Italian Thing’ that I discovered while starting a new English course last week which is tied to a part-time master in Sports Business Management. As you might expect, many of the participants are ex-sportsmen and women, and they are a fascinating bunch of people too.

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Feb
25

At last, Top Gear in Italy

2008 | Filed Under Italian TV | 2 Comments

Some time ago, I wrote a little post with some suggestions for improving the TV here, one of those suggestions included adding a decent motoring programme, like Top Gear which I got back in the UK.

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Feb
25

Stocking the Shop

2008 | Filed Under Me | 2 Comments

Rooting around on Amazon trying to find things to add to the two shops I recently added to this blog has been proving to be an interesting exercise. I’ve started to add an ‘Italian Regions’ section and I’ve discovered that there are not that many books about the northern regions of Italy. Tuscany, as you may imagine, has had plenty of books written about it, whereas Trento, where the majestic Dolomite mountain range can be found, has not generated any where near as much literature.

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Feb
24

Not a lot of people know this - Francesco Rutelli

2008 | Filed Under Italian politics | 6 Comments

Apparently, Francesco Rutelli, the present Italian Cultural Affairs minister, once replaced the Italian flag which flew at Palazzo Montecitorio with that of the Vatican. I have not been able to discover in exactly which year Rutelli did this mischievous act, but it was interesting to hear about it from my former wannabe Italian politician student.

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Feb
24

Pizzeria Photo Gallery

2008 | Filed Under Milan - My Zone | Leave a Comment

It was pizza night tonight, although it was not the standard Italian type pizza, but the ‘pizza al trancio’, which is the ‘deep pan’ version of the traditionally thin pizza. There are two pizzerias near us that do this type of pizza. One is Da Giuliano which is located at the Corso Sempione end of Via Paolo Sarpi in Milan, and which has been there long enough to have become something of an institution in these parts.

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Feb
22

Blog from Italy’s New UK Shop

2008 | Filed Under This blog | Leave a Comment

I know I have quite a number of readers from the UK, Italy and Europe, so I’ve decided to add a UK branch to my shop. Now European visitors can benefit from reduced shipping costs by purchasing items that are located a little closer to home.

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Feb
21

Mugging in Milan

2008 | Filed Under Milan | 2 Comments

This post has been updated to make it more accurate - Alex Roe, 22.02.1008.

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