Category: Culture

Just a collection of interesting things I happened upon here in my favorite city… And then a week of so later. I think on the same day.. They are inspecting Neptune for a planned renovation. It seems there’s a problem with the plumbing and they are planning to start before the end of April on […]

The Monday after Easter (Pasqua) is also a holiday here. I have no idea why that is also a holiday. It’s probably related to some ancient Roman holiday or something similar. Still, it’s a traditional day to go somewhere out of town for a lunch or picnic. So Karen and I were delighted to accept […]

I usually do some volunteer work in Bologna. I work at a program called Scioglilingua at the wonderful library called Sala Borsa (borsa = stockmarket, it was once just that) and have done some translations for the city government (comune) of Bologna. My first assignment for the comune this year was to translate a tourist brochure […]

I have watched the TV show, Striscia la Notizia (The News Slithers) almost every time that I have come to Italy. The subtitle for the show is the La Voce dell’Invadenza (Voice of Intrusion). Usually I can’t really follow the dialog but it is clear that it’s a send-up of the news. It exposes all […]