Archive for June, 2011
I Serpenti Italiani Posted by Serena on Jun 8, 2011
In my recent blog “I Serpenti che Arrivano dal Cielo” I wrote about the popular urban myth concerning snakes being dropped from helicopters into the Italian countryside. We do, of course, have lots of snakes in Italy, but the mass of tourists who visit Venezia, Roma, Firenze and so on, are very unlikely to see…
Le Vipere che Arrivano dal Cielo Posted by Serena on Jun 5, 2011
A few days ago we met an English couple who were renting a holiday house here in our village. The couple told us that they’d clambered down the rocky slope to the river Magra near the ponte medievale (Medieval bridge), and whilst pushing their way through brambles they had been confronted by an enormous two…
Giugno Posted by Serena on Jun 2, 2011
The name of the month giugno (June) comes from the Roman goddess Juno, wife of the god Jupiter. Festività (Festivals): On the 2nd of June we celebrate la Festa Nazionale della Repubblica. In 1946 the Italian people held a referendum on whether to remain a kingdom or to become a republic. The decision was made…