http://www.blogfromitaly.com Life in the Living Museum Fri, 16 May 2008 16:18:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Sant'Eustachio Cafè down in Rome is something of a legend. This mythical coffee house located in Piazza Sant'Eustachio should be something of a Mecca for all lovers of Italian coffee. This famous cafe, in which you may find yourself rubbing shoulders with the odd Italian senator or two, is to ... http://www.blogfromitaly.com/santeustachio-cafe-legendary-italian-coffee/ The lasted craze amongst the better heeled Milanese is the iPhone. This technological jewel and ultimate expression of cool has only just become available in Italy, semi-officially. A Vodafone shop near us has a few of the things in stock. However, what the ingenious Italians have been doing is bringing these ... http://www.blogfromitaly.com/the-techno-fashion-victims-iphones-and-blackberries/ Well, almost. In fact there is still enough time to book somewhere for that summer break. If you are looking for somewhere to stay, and you are thinking about heading for Italy's famously fabulous Amalfi coastline, then Gaetano Salvo, Blog from Italy's researcher, has a suggestion for you. How about the Grande ... http://www.blogfromitaly.com/the-holidays-are-coming-how-about-the-amalfi-area/ I've been showing Google ads for a while now, and I've been experimenting with one or two other ad systems. Why bother showing ads? Simple: income. However, what I want to do with potential advertising income is use it to help me devote more time to running the 5 or so ... http://www.blogfromitaly.com/advertising-and-other-thoughts/ Last night, I met up with Donato Alberico,  whose Centro Sportivo Meridionale sports centre cum business school I wrote about in my The Innovative Mr Alberico and his Sports Centre post. He told me that the post had generated quite a bit of local buzz, and that many of those who ... http://www.blogfromitaly.com/blog-from-italy-spreads-the-word/ This year's edition of the intriguing Nola Festival, which I wrote about in my Gigli Festival, Nola, Italy post, is just over a month away. The festival runs for the whole week from the 22 to the 29 June, 2008. In the event that you can't manage to spend a whole ... http://www.blogfromitaly.com/note-diary-gigli-festival-nola-2008/ As I mentioned in my previous post, Rajab is coming to study Italian in Italy this summer. Now why should this present an opportunity for Italy? Well, Italy is very well placed geographically to receive bright young things from north Africa, which is an area, unlike central and southern Africa, alas, ... http://www.blogfromitaly.com/an-opportunity-for-italy/ Rajab, one of my readers, and an SEO Gladiator from north Africa, is coming to Italy to study Italian this summer. I've been exchanging the odd email with Rajab, and I complimented him on his English, but he disagrees. Indeed, this is how he disagreed: My written English is good? Heck no, ... http://www.blogfromitaly.com/rajab-the-seo-gladiator/