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Bologna Motor Show
The “
Extra Edition” of the 2009 Motor Show will mark an all-out return to its origins: five days of pure spectacle – making full use of the extended holiday weekend in Italy between December 4 and 8 – with the public as the absolute main focus, and the desire for more fun with two and four wheels.
The display exhibition section is confirmed too, in the central halls of the trade fair district. Spaces will display different themes and contents like technology and green solutions,road safety and road education, motor sports, two and four wheels racing.The five-day event will offer the best in the competitions and exhibitions which have made Bologna Motor Show history – starting from FerrariDay: Saturday December 5, will indeed be an “all red” day, with Formula One Ferrari and activities connected with the racing division from the home of Ferrari in Maranello. » Read more…
A Weekend in Venice – Supping on the “Spritz”
IMAGINE…
Imagine a city where every road is water, and every car a boat...Imagine Venice!
Being a city of water it was fitting that we arrived under the November rain. The incredible thing was that you almost didn’t notice the dark winter shower for the brilliance of the buildings which filled every corner of every glance.
VAPORETTO #1
Apart from the forbidding yellow border at each ‘station’, gliding down the Grand Canal in vaporetto no. 1 in the early evening couldn’t have been more of a contrast to rolling underground on the northern line after a day in the London office. After 40 minutes of dark waves, cold air and twinkling lights we arrived at Arsenale in the east of the city.
INSIDE THE CITY LABYRINTH
The streets were gentle and quiet and you could hear the sound of the waves lapping against the road edge. The impressive lack of smog throughout the city and the silence of the streets is an instant and very welcome sensation.
Admittedly November will be quieter than the height of summer but I was aware of a lovely overall sense of calm which filtered the calle. Within a matter of seconds we were already immersed in the gorgeous narrow backstreets of this magical city. There is something quite tempting about surrendering yourself to the labyrinth and seeing where it takes you…this time however, we knew where we were heading and once over the first little bridge, from beneath the corner of my battered umbrella, I saw the beautiful and welcoming facade of “Palazzo Grandiben“. Once inside the main entrance, I was immediately struck by a feature which, although so familiar to Venetians, was so novel to me…the “risacca” (sound of the waves) lapping against the lower steps of the internal staircase leading down to boat level. » Read more…