This morning I read an article about Italy and I was very negatively surprised about what I was reading. The article dealt with a research of differences between South and North Italy and explains why the South is more stupid than the North. Accor
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I have a quick question for you and hope you can help.Do you know of any charity organisations or projects in Italy ( more specifically Tuscany) ?I am doing research for a friend and that want to support a charity here in Italy.Thought I might be
Fri, 08/07/2009 - 09:40
During my last trip to Italy I ate the best Lasagne ever... Finally, I decided to experiment with cooking something typical Italian. Well, actually I did not decided yet.
Tue, 08/04/2009 - 13:25
Good morning everybody!I know well that we usually talk about Holidays in Italy here, but a friend of mine would love to go to Dublin by the end of August and asked me som advice about where to go and what to see and do.
Mon, 08/03/2009 - 07:53
Hi to everybody!Have always thought to join the Italy Community. I love this website and all its content. I am sure I will find many others who share this opinion.
Thu, 07/23/2009 - 13:39
On Facebook I had the chance to read the post asking : " If you were Italian, would you vote for Berlusconi?". I am astonished about what came out.
Thu, 07/23/2009 - 13:36
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A bus stops and two Italian men get on. They sit down and engage in an animated conversation. The lady sitting behind them ignores them at first, but her attention is galvanized when she hears one of the men say the following: "Emma come first. Den I come. Den two asses come together. I come once-a-more. Two asses, they come together again. I come again and pee twice. Then I come one lasta time." "You foul-mouthed swine, " retorted the lady indignantly. "In this country we don't talk about our sex lives in public!" "Hey, coola down lady," said the man. "Who talkin' abouta sexa? I'm a justa tellin' my frienda how to spella Mississippi."
Yes Andrew....have you ever seen the Italian Nutella advertising on TV? When the cook says" Sono campione del mondo anch'io... I am a world Champion as well) :-) Great!!!
Whatever...as the thread is called "Italian footballers" let's talk about Italian footballers...I love the "Azzurri" and try to watch every match... Think they are part of the Italian way of life. Have seen them in Germany 2006 and hope they will do very well in South Africa... Are you going to watch World Cup this summer? I can't wait...
Haha...Gala I was thinking about the same situation with the 500... :-)
Heaven : where cooks are French, mechanics are German, police are English, lovers are Italian and everything is organized by the Swiss. Hell : where cooks are English, mechanics are French, police are German, lovers are Swiss and everything is organized by the Italians. Andrew...thank you for beginning this post...I love jokes!!! :-) Gala and Carol, yours are great!!!
Sfogliatelle are shell or cone shaped pastries. Means literary "many leaves/layers" as the pastry's texture resembles leaves stacked on each other. Usually filled with ricotta, but I love the ones filled with custard and a cherry in it or the onew with walnut cream! There are actually two different types of Sfogliatella Napoletana: la riccia (curly) and la frolla (don't know how to translae this, sorry!), but it is a less refined pastry that does not form the more labor intensive authentic sfogliatelle dough's characteristic layers. I attached two pictures...have a look!
I'd love to eat some delicious sfogliatelle right now .... mmmhhh!!!
Hahaha...you're so right Colonel...I just don't like people who have too much prejudice and do not see things on their own!
Actually never thought about hte fact they they could have been used fr something else rather than personal hygiene...ok you may chill your beer in there...but let grow in some basil is fantastic Gromit :-)
Do you know why it is said: "See Naples and die?" Actually you cannot translate it this way, as "Vedi Napoli a poi muori" has a completely different meaning. In ancient times, after Naples, there was a small town called Muori (traslated: die!)...so people who were asked for road signs, they were told: pass through Naples and you will see Muori. Then, after Renaissance, it became a saying that once you've seen Naples, you don't need to see anything else...so even if you die instantly, you've seen the most beautiful part of the world. Nothing to do with crime... However, Colonel, I truly believe that thieves in Naples and not more frequent than in other huge Italian cities (guess Milan has even higher rates), this is just a sad prejudice. However, what I would recommed: do not behave as tourist...take it easy and do no try to show you're frightened about everything around you...this is the best way you can arouse thief's interests. As long as you try to carry your bag on the front instead of on your shoulder and don't put your wallet in your hip pocket, you will see that nothing will happen to you. A very good friend of mine would have loved to see Naples so many times, but people always told her not to go because of all these nice things you were told. Well, last year I took her to Naples and we stayed at Quartieri spagnoli (one of the most "hazardous" districts of Central Naples). Nothing happened to her, despite having her camera very visible night and day and she fell in love with Naples so much ( I tried to show her as much as we could do in just 3 days) that she thanks me every time meet her, because she finally got rid off all the prejudices. Enjy your trip and judge yourself!!!