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Buy, drive & ship a volvo
Memoirs of a four-wheel foreign driver
My daughter’s battle against culture shock was won with the purchase of a used red bicycle. It cost
her thirty euros and she’s assured me that the brakes work. She said that a bike is a permanent thing that has helped her …
Tuscany + Beyond
The spa experience: Tuscany's answer to good health
Tuscany is full of natural hot springs or ‘terme,’ many of which date from Roman or even Etruscan times and whose waters, originating from deep within the earth’s crust, have long been associated with curative properties. Each individual spring has a …
Tuscany + Beyond
Back to the future
Agriturismo: getting back the good life
It is no secret that Italians are leaving bigger cities in search of a slower paced rural lifestyle. The current revival of small towns throughout Italy is allowing people to rediscover the beauty and benefits of a more simple and traditional …
Italian Voices
'Non si fa'
A window on language and customs in Italy
Italians, as a race, are fairly relaxed. They will not obsess about politically correct word choice or nit-pick about pseudo moral dilemmas. They have great capacity to put things in perspective and avoid unnecessary fuss. But there are some things that …
Economy + Society
Foreigners get the vote
Non-italian residents given right to vote in Italy's first primaries
by Carla Rossi
The political scene is heating up here in Italy as the countdown begins for the 2006 elections. The convoluted debates, internal factioning, and heavy accusations, have already begun as candidates and their parties begin vying for voter’s support to win the …
Style + Fashion
Pucci: continuing the legacy
In the summer of 1949, a Marchese, a scion of an aristocratic Tuscan family, created his very first clothing line, all in black and white. By the time his house of fashion was born in 1951, he’d found his pale turquoise, …
Tuscany + Beyond
Break away to Urbania
by Sabine Eiche
Are your feet and back getting sore because you’ve been standing in line for hours? Are you fed up with going into a museum and finding a gaggle of people obscuring the exhibits like football players huddling over the ball? Are you annoyed …
Italian Voices
'Il conto per favore'
A window on language and customs in Italy
“Il conto per favore.” That’s how you ask for the bill in Italian. And now that you know, you might as well forget it. It’s not worth your brain space. You can ask for the bill in restaurants in Italy, but …
Style + Fashion
Fall into the Fall with style
The fall fashions this year look good on Florence: the soft, natural colour palate of the season against the cool, grey stone. A stroll down Via Roma is sure to get you in the mood for Autumn. The brocade coats showing …
Style + Fashion
Makeover: Italian style!
by Nita Tucker
First off, I have to confess that I’ve always been fascinated with Extreme Makeover, What Not to Wear, and other physical transformation shows. Of course, I know that beauty is not only skin deep and Gabrio Staff was the first to …
Life
'The foreign stallion'
Sex and our city
by Tova Piha
So you’re having a girl’s night out. You’re fairly new in town and you and a few girls from your Italian class have arranged to meet at the Duomo, where you might hang out for a bit, maybe pop into JJ …
Italian Voices
'Fare lo shopping',
A window on language and customs in Italy
There are many advantages to shopping in Italy. Everyone knows that for high quality and chic designer clothes this is the place to buy. Besides, you will almost always come away with more than you bargained for, at least culturally speaking. …
Sport + Leisure
The pros and cons of riding a scooter
My relationship with Trenitalia is one of mutual suspicion and distrust. They suspect me of not having the correct ticket and I don’t trust them to get me anywhere on time. Anyone like myself who travels a short distance in or …
Tuscany + Beyond
A quiet day in the mountains
Ineeded a break. From what, I’m not sure. It wasn’t work; I had just spent 3 weeks at the sea. Actually, I needed some hard, tough, exercise. Plus some solitude. Something that only comes from being in the mountains, and mountains …
Life
'Controlling the Cheating'
Sex and our city
by Tova Piha
When worldly grandmothers discourage their granddaughters from marrying the men they’ve met while abroad in Italy, the offensive employed is usually a two-tiered one. The first, addressed a couple weeks ago, is that Italian men are not the loyal type. The …
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013