I Mondiali, FIFA World Cup, is experienced as a very special event by all Italians, one that everyone knows not to miss. Even those who are not usually interested in the campionato di serie A, Italy’s national soccer league, become soccer crazy during the World Cup to support the Azzurri (the name reserved to the team) for the […]
Below, we have an interesting motorcycle route: it could be done with a car, too, if you like small winding roads. Caprarola Tuscania and Viterbo need more time if you actually want to visit the towns. Lake Bracciano, Mount cimini, Etruscan Tuscania – 1 Day tour tour-itinerary Distances and Itinerary […]
After fifteen days of high and lows, tears and joys, the London 2012 Summer Olympics have finally come to a close last Sunday. What an emotional fortnight has been for sport fans all over the world! Truth is that, as usual and as expected, Team USA and China dominated the […]
Italian tifosi Never ask about football to an Italian, or he will go on boasting about his favourite football team for hours.La tifoseria Italiana , Italian football supporters, are numerous and at times, a bit too fanatic, indeed. Tifosi sometimes forget what rationality is and their excesses have lead […]
Did you know? Italy has green tea. And it has healing powers. “Its liquor is like the sweetest dew from Heaven,” said Lu Yu in the eighth century. In Chin, green tea has always been used as a medicine. And Italy is discovering its benefits. The secrets The secret of […]
An Italian’s love for Harley Davidsons This good old friend of mine, Rodolfo Roiati, lives in Rocca Priora (a nice mountain town right outside Rome, placed in the Roman Castles) right around the corner from my me, has his 9th motorcycle of which most were Harley Davison. Michael Axel McCain […]
Denise Karbon, spectacular Italian bronze Italian Skiier Wins at Swedish World Cup Denise Karbon AARE (Sweden) – Only 12th after the 1st round and a bronze medal for the Italian Denise Karbon in the end. Miracles do happen in sports, in ski as well. The icy cold snow of Aare […]
A century has passed since the great Italian emigration from the South to the USA. Those years seem far, but history may soon be repeating itself. The economic crisis has put a huge strain on Italians, who now face times of great sacrifice and hardship. In ‘ Hard Times’ […]
To start at the actual beginning of the great Moto Morini motorcycle marque, one must go back to the birth of Alfonso Morini. He was born on 22 December 1898 to a family of limited means in northern Bologna, Italy. Shortly after his birth, the streets of Italy were alive […]
Enrico Fabris – Italy’s Great Golden Hope If you had never heard of Enrico Fabris before the 2006 Winter Games in Torino, you probably have now. In his native Italy, the 24 year old speed skater has been hailed as the “Man of the Games” by the press. His two […]