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More Friday fun
As we’re at it, we might give you another one. This is a Swedish song, by schlager composer
Lasse Holm, but rest assure, even if you don’t speak Swedish, you will understand. It’s not the that hard, he sings about his love for Italian food. Enjoy…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3A-7AuysxQ
Friday fun
Here’s a bit of Friday fun for you all. A catchy tune from the early 80’s – “Save Your Love” by Renée and Renato: This was actually a UK Number One hit in December 1982.
Rene and Renato
Does it get any better?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX2bjYmUM5U
The sound of music
Saturday November 28 will see a new use of the museums in Rome. The museums will be filled with music with help from the
“Music in Museums”. These are 30 museums, archives and universities academies spaces dedicated to live music concerts with free admission.
Several alternating bands with the opportunity to hear various genres such as classical, [...]
Venice online
Don’t fancy spending most of your holidays queuing to get into the must-see-sights?
Now there is hope for you. From February 1st it will be much easier to plan your holiday in Venice online. The city is launching “Venice Connected”, a new on-line reservation system. Simply by going to www.veniceconnected.com it is possible to book and [...]
Years of Grace Kelly
We missed the grand opening, but if you come to Rome do not miss the exhibition on the mythical Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly – entitled “Years of Grace Kelly.”
The tribute to this great woman recounts her life in photographs, personal items, as part of the wardrobe and fashion accessories It also demonstrates Grace Kelly [...]
Elliott Erwin in Rome
From November 13 to 31 January 2010, Rome hosts a
Elliott Erwitt photography exhibition at the Palazzo Braschi. In this exhibition Elliott Erwitt pays homage to Rome with the snapshots collected in a job which ended last spring. The photographs are all black and white, telling a story about contemporary Rome and among the many images [...]
Abstract photography in Milan
In Milan, at the Museum of Contemporary Photography Photo, starts a new
exhibition Sunday 15 November 2009; Abstract photography by Fontana – Italian and international artists dating back from the 30’s to the beginning of the 21st century. The exhibition will run until 2 May 2010.
Open daily, except Mondays10.00 -19.00, Thursdays 10.00 – 23.00
And, it’s free [...]
Bologna Motor Show
The modern Italian art will soon has it’s own fair in Bell Paese.
The 2009 Bologna Motor Show will mark an all-out return to its origins: five days of pure spectacle from December 4 to 8. A packed schedule including a Ferrari Day: Saturday December 5, a truly “all red” day, Formula One Ferraris [...]
Leonardo da Vince coming alive
If you are going to Venice do not miss the exhibition about Leonardo da Vinci’s machines at Chiesa Santa Barnaba. The exhibition consists of forty models made out of wood. The flying machines are hold up with a wooden frame. By every object is an description of the object, which are all working. They show [...]
2009 is a good wine year
Like Italian wines? Congratulations! “Excellent quality but a fall in quantity and prices”: that is the verdict on the 2009 wine production by Assoenologi, Italy’s Association of Enologists and Enotechnicians. Prices have dropped about 40 % from last year. The quantity drop is due to the unusual weather in September all over Italy. Particularly this [...]
