Bright Lights Shining in the Darkness
The Big M
Today’s newspapers are depressing, there is not a good story to be had what with Italian schools collapsing over the heads of pupils and equally saddening accounts from RAI’s Report documentary. But tunnels often have light at their ends.
This week’s RAI 3 Report investigated the mismanagement of waste disposal down in Rome which appears to be controlled by yet another Italian ‘entrepreneur’ who is out to make money whatever the cost to society. A worrying but by no means unique situation in sunny and beautiful Italy.
Then there is the final section of Saviano’s book Gomorrah which has brought about feelings which the words ‘disconcerting’, ’shocking’, ’saddening’ and ‘dire’ seem to sum up quite succinctly. Italy, it seems, has a distinct tendency towards self-destruction. What a great shame that the country’s political class does not seem to care one jot that vast areas of southern Italy have been and are being turned into vast toxic wastelands. Italy to a great extent seems to be destroying itself from the inside out.
Still there has to be some light doesn’t there? Luckily, there is. Read more
Italian Cars for Blogstars - Part 4
Alfa Romeo
Years ago I remember reading a review in an English car magazine of the one of the original Alfa Romeo GTVs. The verdict was that it was a nice car, but it was a shame that you needed the stature of an ape to get the best out of it.
Apparently, the driving position was such that you needed inordinately long arms to reach the steering wheel. Not the most ergonomic of cars, it appeared.
Still the Alfa Romeo marque has always had a certain cachet, even if its appeal was nearly wiped out after it gained a reputation for producing self-disintegrating cars in the late 70s. Due, I believe, to someone ordering a batch of dodgy steel from Russia.
Today though, Alfa Romeo makes some decent cars, even if they do not quite live up to the promise of the marque. However, Alfa Romeo has recently introduced a ‘real’ car, which just about takes the brand into Ferrari territory. You know, probably, which Alfa I’m on about. Read more
Photo Yellow Pages of Italy
Visual Yellow Pages
Wow, this is excellent! How about a 3d, sort of, yellow pages of Italy? Well, one exists, and appears to cover a reasonable amount of the Living Museum - it is still a beta (trial) version.
I can even see a photo of my house on the map!
Take a trip on the virtual side! Read more
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