Good News!
I nearly forgot about this.
The other day, an Italian reader wrote to the E-Polis free newspaper to, in a way, stand up for immigrants in Italy.
This reader had lost his mobile phone, but then, luckily, the police called him to say that it had been handed in to them. When this person asked who had brought the phone to the police, he was told that it was someone of Indian origin.
Impressed by the honesty the person who found his phone, the owner of the phone decided to write in to the newspaper and tell them about it. The writer also highlighted the fact that it was one of Italy’s currently much maligned immigrants who did the right thing, as if to say ‘Don’t tar everyone with the same brush’.
It’s good to read little stories like this, and to know that reasonable balanced people exist.
Just recalling this story has cheered me up a little.
An Experiment - Call me
There is now a mobile phone number on my contact me page. I’m not all that sure whether anyone would wish to actually speak to me, but, for a trial period, I’m daring to publish the number. Do note that I am in Italy, so calls may be expensive.
I will admit to being a little dubious as to releasing this information, but, if things do get out of hand, I can change the number, and kill off the old one. This would be a pain, but it is possible.
Please try to restrict calls to matters which you think cannot be discussed via email. Thanks.
Alex Roe
Crystal Ball Gazing - Techno Travel
Recently I’ve been contacted by two emerging new travel sites - Volette.com and So Much World. Both are very interesting, but quite different in their takes on travel.
Volette is perhaps more aimed at the business traveller, but not only, whereas So Much World is more like an on-line version of my favourite Lonely Planet guides. I know that both sites are still in a development phase, especially Volette.com. Indeed, the brain behind Volette.com, one Joe Tangredi, has several ideas as to the direction he wants to take his internet venture, although I don’t know what they are just yet. Read more
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