Italy

Terni: The original Valentine city

Published on Monday, 9 February 2015 11:35 Category: Culture, Italy, Tourism, Tradition, Travel

Terni is the name of the city. And San Valentino – Saint Valentine – is the patron saint of this nice place in Umbria, in the heart of Italy. This is where the saint of...

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Carnival in Venice: Beauty, Sea and Vanity

Published on Wednesday, 4 February 2015 08:39 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Italy, Tourism, Tradition, Travel

Carnival season in Venice has officially started The wonderfull city of Venice ia populated again by beautyful masks, strange beings and lots of events. The yearly special beauty contest: “The Best Masked Costume Contest”,...

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Expo 2015 : It`s all about food

Published on Monday, 2 February 2015 14:47 Category: Business / Economy, Culture, Italy, Tourism, Travel

This year the world exhibition Expo 2015 will open in Milan in June. And – how could it be different at an Italian Expo ? – it is all about food. “Feeding...

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Verona: It’s not Valentine’s day, it’s Valentine’s week

Published on Thursday, 29 January 2015 12:28 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Italy, Tourism, Tradition, Travel

Remember Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet ? Well, their city is Verona. So Verona is THE Valentine city in Italy. You can hardly get any more romatic. The tourism offica knows that and...

La Vucciria: A picture returns to life

Published on Tuesday, 27 January 2015 10:29 Category: Culture, Curiosities, Food, Italy, Tradition

The famous picture of Renato Guttuso “La Vucciria” – a Palermo market scene – is not only going to be exposed at the EXPO in Milan this year, which is all about food....

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Italian food: Poor food, but great food

Published on Monday, 26 January 2015 10:14 Category: Culture, Food, Italy

There is a thing about Italian cuisine that makes it so different from French cuisine. French cuisine is great, but expensive. Italian cuisine is cheap, but great. And it is everyday like...

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Srange fruits from Sicily: Cedar

Published on Friday, 23 January 2015 11:18 Category: Curiosities, Food, Italy

There was some strange fruit on the market. Cedro – cedar. I have seen them before. But being ignorant I asked the obvious question: How do you eat it ? “As a salad”, I...

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