After three months of lockdown — and 1.5 million euro (1.7 million USD) — Mont Blanc’s Skyway finally reopened last weekend. The Skyway is Monte Bianco’s most famous cableway, that allows everyone to reach the 3.466 meters of Punta Helbronner (11.371 ft). While this isn’t the real summit of our […]
Today, 100 years ago, the legendary Alberto Sordi — Albertone, for all of us Italians — was born in Rome. An icon of our cinema, a great example of creativity, art and integrity, Albertone remains one of Italy most loved actors and artists. In his movies, Sordi always depicted the […]
Alberto Sordi in “Un giorno in pretura” “Maccarone, m’hai provocato e io ti distruggo adesso, maccarone! Io me te magno, ahmm!”. (Said in a Roman accent: “Pasta, you provoked me and I’ll destroy you now, pasta! I’m going to eat you, ahmm!”) When faced with a plate of pasta, many […]
Here are some Italian Food Products you can buy here in the US! I have lived in the U.S. for many years now, but I still maintain good contact with Italy since I spend about three months a year there. Over the years one of the things I missed most […]
Wild Boars swimming in a lake in Umbria
An interesting overview on what to do in Rome provided by the people of the New York Times. Truth is, there is so much to do it may be difficult to choose without so guidance, especially if you have only a couple of days to spend in the capital. Rome […]
A fun video about Italians habits vs Europeans.
If you read the news in the past couple of days you probably learned, thanks to ground-penetrating radar technology, archeologists got an amazing insight into Falerii Novi, an ancient Roman city some 30 miles north of the capital. Thanks to the use of ground-penetrating radar technology, archaeologists managed to map […]
Let’s learn some basics of Roman history… or Ancient Rome 101, as the people at National Geographic puts it. For more than a millennia, Rome was the heart of the civilized world. Leader in art, culture, economy, science, military prowess, Rome truly was caput mundi, the head of the World. […]
June 2020 Skiing down Mont Blanc
