Veneto Italy: The Dolomites to the Adriatic – Part 2

Verona is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Veneto Italy.  The Arena built around 30 AD is a well preserved Roman amphitheatre that dominates the Piazza Bra’. The spectacular Piazza Bra’ acts as a...

Inauguration day of greatest Transatlantic at Port of Genova

June 2009. Inauguration day of greatest Transatlantic at Port of Genova

Swimming in the sea at Fontane Bianche, Syracuse Italy

Swimming in the sea at Fontane Bianche where the water is warm and crystal clear during the summer.

Porta Aci - Roman Amphitheatre

This Roman amphitheatre door is located at Piazza Stesicoro in Catania, Italy.

Several pictures from Italy. Enjoy.

Several pictures from Italy. Cities include Rome, Vatican City, Palermo and Catania. Some of the Etna volcano in Sicily. Enjoy.

Pasta, olive oil, honey and property once owned by the Mafia

Putting confiscated Mafia property to good use, the Italian government is re-allocating property once owned by the Mafia in Palermo Italy into use by producing pasta, olive oil, wine, honey and other products,...

Verona Italy: Summer Opera Festival

If you are not an Opera fan and have never been to the opera, discover the passion, drama and atmosphere of the Opera Festival in Verona Italy. The performances are held in the 2000 year old Arena di Verona,...

Giampaolo Pazzini’s Road to Success at Sampdoria

Giampaolo Pazzini Success " Only three months into Giampaolo Pazzini’s winter switch from Fiorentina to Sampdoria, most Calciofans can claim that the move has proven to be quite the success story. The 24-year old has settled well into his new surroundings and blossomed...

Survivor Pulled Alive From Earthquake Rubble in Italy

Update: April 10, 2009  "www.romepost.it EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY   h. 17:29LOOTERS TO FACE FAST-TRACK TRIAL(ANSA) - L'Aquila, April 10 - Four Romanians caught looting a home in the town of San Panfilo d'Ocre, not far from the Abruzzo capital of L'Aquila on Friday will face a...

EARTHQUAKE/ My hope as a man in front of the rubble

It was a long interminable rumbling. You wake up unexpectedly at 3:30 in the morning, even my daughter, who usually waits to the last possible moment to get up for school. Moments of fear and my mind quickly races to L’Aquila where I work, where since last December we lived...

ABRUZZO EARTHQUAKE/ A displaced person: the situation is grave

The hours pass as they try to save as many survivors as possibile from the terrible earthquake that hit Abruzzo last night. Marco Gentile lives near Aquila and is one of tens of thousands of people who have had to leave their homes during these last hours. He tells...

TERREMOTO ABRUZZO/ Uno sfollato: la situazione è gravissima

Passano le ore, e si cerca di salvare il maggior numero di sopravvissuti al tremendo terremoto che stanotte ha colpito l’Abruzzo. Marco Gentile abita nei pressi dell’Aquila, ed è uno delle decine di migliaia di sfollati che in queste ore hanno dovuto abbandonare la...

Egg Taralli – A biscotti that floats on air

Traditional Italian food of Easter typically includes: capretto o agnello al forno (roast lamb), cacioffi fritti (fried artichokes), pizza rustica (a pie stuffed with ricotta, sausage and hard boiled eggs), la...

La Chitarra - An Old World Pasta Maker That Makes Music

La Chitarra (pronounced key-tahr-rah) is a pasta maker believed to have been invented in Chieti, Abruzzi Italy around the 1800’s.  No one seems to know who invented it and until recently pasta made with the...

A cookie that speaks to you -“Chiacchiere”

Everything in Italy has a story and this is no different. Ciacchiere means to chat in Italian. Because I never stopped talking as a kid, my grandmother would always say to me “chiacchiere, chiacchiere,...

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