I haven’t posted anything for quite a while, but I have a somewhat good excuse. I was travelling. As usual… This time I spent about 10 days in Pisa and Versilia, the place I call ‘home’ in Italy. Then I spent 10 days in Venezuela, visiting my parents. Caracas isn’t exactly the safest city on [...]
Silvio Berlusconi caught out trying to stifle media – Europe, World – The Independent. The astonishing thing is that Italians still think he’s some kind of victim / martyr of the country… Poor thing, why nobody loves him??
via LAtimes.com. Read the article and bear in mind that 500 euros = 675 $ = 442 £. Try and think of how you would live with that amount of money as your monthly pension/income.
I like reading online newspapers, not only the Italian ones, but also some overseas. Visiting the websites, it often seems to me there are much more news on each website than on the actual newspapers. Plus, I can look for the same news or op-eds in different newspapers, which gives a wider perspective and even [...]
The other day I was parking the car in front of my place and I thought of how much I actually like driving. Especially on my own, no passengers… so that I can sing and also let my brain wander, think, remember, plan, come up with ideas. Odd, huh? Then I started thinking of the [...]
I feel less and less proud of having an Italian passport… read the New York Times article Or maybe I should stop reading the news early in the morning?! *Off to some creative Sunday*
