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ADDIO SILVIO! Posted by Serena on Nov 14, 2011
Many are calling it La Festa della Liberazione. It’s the 12th November 2011, and our infamous ‘Cavaliere’, Silvio Berlusconi, has finally been forced to resign by the international community. Celebrations of this scale for the departure of a political leader have not been seen here in Italy since Mussolini was deposed in 1943! This video…
Alluvione a Genova Posted by Serena on Nov 6, 2011
I don’t want this to become the ‘Italian Flood Blog’, but the disastrous events which are taking place here at the moment are just too big to ignore. This time it’s the city of Genova on the Ligurian coast that has been very badly hit by torrential rain and floods. In the following video recorded…
L’Incubo di Acqua e Fango Posted by Serena on Oct 31, 2011
Here in northern Toscana and Liguria we’re all still pretty much in a state of shock after last week’s devastating flash floods, and in terms of blogging it’s difficult to think of much else. In our little village near Pontremoli we were pretty much cut off from the rest of the world for a few…
Maltempo Flagella Nord Italia Posted by Serena on Oct 28, 2011
A couple of days ago I wouldn’t have imagined that I’d be able to publish this blog today. On Tuesday we were hit by monsoon like rains which caused horrendous flash flooding and widespread damage. Up in our little village in Lunigiana things seemed pretty bad as walls started collapsing, the telephone and internet stopped…
Censimento 2011 Posted by Serena on Oct 10, 2011
About a month ago we opened the mail box to find an envelope as thick as a brick containing il censimento generale 2011 (the 2011 national census). This is the fifteenth national census, the first taking place in 1861, the year of Italy’s unification. Since then it has been repeated every 10 years, with the…
Come Non Parcheggiare la Macchina Posted by Serena on Sep 14, 2011
They say that in La Spezia parking spaces are at a premium. However, us Italians are famous for finding creative solutions to life’s little impediments, as you can see from the photos below! Now here is the true story behind the photos: Incidente incredibile questa mattina a La Spezia in prossimità della rotonda tra Via…
Andiamo a votare Posted by Serena on May 21, 2011
Here in Italy on the 15th and 16th of May, many towns and cities held elections to vote for their new administration. Amongst these was our local town, Pontremoli. Here in Pontremoli four groups put themselves forward as candidates for election: ‘Cara Puntremal’ (‘Dear Pontremoli’. ‘Puntremal’ is the dialect spelling for Pontremoli), ‘Amo Pontremoli’ (‘I…