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Ryan Air – not to stop flights to and from Italy
There will be no block of domestic flights within Italy by the Irish low cost airline Ryan Air. On Thursday evening ENAC, the Italian authority, and Ryan Air reached an agreement . The clash ahs been regarding thegich documents to be considered legal when boarding the aircraft. Ryan Air wanted only passports, but by law [...]
Shopping to boom in Milan this spring
Crises or no crises, the shop owners in Milan
estimate a big rise in sales this spring. Reason – Footballer David Beckham has returned to AC Milan and the English midfielder is followed by his wife Victoria, a true icon of the glamor that wasn’t able to resist the charm of the boutiques in Milan [...]
Football – draws completed for Chapions League and Europe League
Most likely the worst possible result for the two Milan teams AC Milan and FC Internazionale in the Champions League draw on Friday. AC Milan will meet Manchester United (playing in Milan on February 16) and Inter will meet Chelsea (playing in Milan on February 24).
The third Italian team in the knock out round, FC [...]
Friday fun
Do you know how Italians tell time? No?
Watch this video to find out how.
Telling time, the Italian way
Forza Fiorentina! Forza Inter! Forza Milan!
Three out of four is not bad. Alfabookings would like to congratulate Fiorentina, Inter and Milan who qualified for the knock-out round in the UEFA Champions League. Whe they will face will be decide don December 18 at the drawing in Nyon, Swizzerland.
Juventus didn’t make it through, but as they took third place in their [...]
Friday fun
Another Swedish video about Italian stereotypes. Yes, we have Swedes in the staff. This one is about… Eh, just watch it, you will understand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxSa8BlHSWo
Animani – hand made art for children in Florence
Mario Mariotti, was a truly Florentine artist, an art craftsman, who not only made art with his on hands, he made it on his hands. Elephants, dogs, zebras, all of them colourful and irreverent. Mariotti put make-up on, dressed and disguised his hands to make these colourful characters.
Sadly, 12 years ago he passed away. In [...]
Fair Trade Christmas market in Rome
Between December 10 and 13 Genti e Paesi*, a non-profit organization, have their annual Christmas market close to Stadio Flaminio in Rome. Her you can find a good mix of Fair Trade and local crafmanship, taste locally produced food and buy Fair Trade goods.
Local Products, contemporary and ancient crafts is ound as well as Christmas [...]
Friday fun
So here’s another Friday fun for you. This is really the way people talk in Italy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JhuOicPFZY&feature=related
Aperitivo
In Italy you have dinner quite late, by most standards. The further south you go the later dinner is served. It coule be a long gap between lunch at 13:00 and dinner at 21:00. But there is one thing that is both cheap and definitely worth trying to make you go through the afternoon – [...]
