Every May in a tiny village called Testa dell'Acqua just 15 minutes from Noto they hold a small but very nice open market day where local farmers and artisans gather to sell their produce. Here are some photos from that event.
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There are a lot of "Italian Mysteries" - strange events in politics and society in general for which no full explanation was ever given and no-one has ever managed to uncover what is going on.
Sun, 05/17/2009 - 07:31
It is great to see that some people are already taking on board the wiki idea and beginning to create their own guides to places.
Sat, 05/16/2009 - 13:18
Apologies to all for all the e-mails coming your way - a setting was left on that meant that everyone received a notification for every single thing happening in the Help Group.That setting has now be switched off (people need to opt in in order t
Sat, 05/16/2009 - 11:39
Watching TV7 on Rai 1 where there is a report regarding businesses in the La Maddalena area that have been left wondering how to deal with having the G8 event moved to
Fri, 05/15/2009 - 18:14
Members all around have done (and are continuing) to do some great things with their fundraising activities and ITALY Magazine is eager to hear proposals of how we can help raise the profile of the activities (articles, advertising space, etc)A co
Fri, 05/15/2009 - 15:21
These are two very popular Sicilian comedians - and I need to test videos :-)
Fri, 05/15/2009 - 11:54
Everyone registered up to a couple of minutes ago is now officially a full blown member. As most everyone is coming over from the forums I thought that was a reasonable thing to do as there is no need to prove your willingness to participate.
Fri, 05/15/2009 - 11:10
As a few people have asked:Groups are a way to group people around a common theme. It may be a region of Italy, a little town, a hobby, etc.Groups are also a means to discuss privately.
Fri, 05/15/2009 - 11:08
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At the World Travel Market expo that took place in London last November the Tourism Assessore of Sicily stood up in front of a crowd of journalists and said that a. He was in discussions with RyanAir and was hopeful they would use Comiso b. The airport would open in March sitting next to him where several Ragusa province top-guys. Unfortunately, in Italian politics that does not a guarantee make because Ram is absolutely correct about the powerplay between Catania and Ragusa. I wouldn't be placing any bets. A recent development that is real, however, is that the motorway connecting Catania to the South-East has been significantly improved cutting trip time from Airport to something like Modica by at least 30 minutes.
The recent disaster in Messina was exactly because of this. Even though Bertolaso, the head of the Italian Protezione Civile, has been complaining about this for a long time little is being done. And Gromit is right - most towns, especially in Southern Italy, are strapped for cash. Modica, close to us avoided bankruptcy by selling some of their buildings. While, the main road in Modica used to be a river bed (which would place it at serious risk!) the river was diverted in the 1920s when (it seems) they still had cash to do such things!
Some really interesting discussions over at our Facebook page as well http://www.facebook.com/ItalyMagazine?ref=nf - must say I did not expect the damning remarks about the Italian judiciary system. Does anyone have any idea where this is coming from? What was so wrong in the handling of the case by the prosecutors and judges.
Not sure if the real story will ever come out but if you are completely innocent then why did you try to accuse someone that really had nothing to do with it (a bar owner of the area) - which is also the reason Amanda got a year more than they Solecito. It does all have the feeling of a game taken too far and then bad attempts to cover up what really happened.
judges and police have remarkable powers currently when it comes to video surveillance, phone tapping, etc. in this particular case the dad of one of the kids who is a policeman alert the relevant local police unit who got permission from the judge and the rest is now on the news...
have to agree with Giovanni - I don't think Italy is so much worse off.Yes the justice system is in tatters and yes a lot can be done to improve it (start with giving magistrates and courts the right resources and also drawing clean lines between those that do the prosecuting and those that do the judging) but that does not mean that the only difference between Italy and the rest of Europe is that here they will not be prosecuted.At least the police here had the ability to setup surveillance that got evidence that cannot be questioned.
Only thing we can say is that we've had a negative experience with them and have heard a lot of negative comments about them. Things however can change, make sure you have a solid, clear contract and try to clarify as many things as possible up front.
think closest you will get to that is having an account with Poste Italiane.
passing traffic - jenta didn't copy the entire phrase...
Alan the link you bookmarked now goes to Locations (as it is the second tab in the page) :-)