Category Archives: Italy
Don’t touch!
There are things which you would never want to touch. But then somebody puts up a sign “Don’t touch!” and you suddenly feel the urge to see what happens when you do touch. In that case, I did not feel … Continue reading
Plastic Surgery Statistics
While browsing charts and graphs about property bubbles and purchasing power parity, I came across this chart in The Economist which shows how much plastic surgery is performed in the following countries. There is a lot to be said about … Continue reading
A short introduction to Italian Criminal Law
In Italy, if you are suspected, accused and tried of bribery of businesses, politicians, judges and the tax authorities, Mafia connections, false accounting, false testimony, soliciting prostitution from underage girls, tax evasion, embezzlement, antitrust violations, drug trafficking, abuse of political … Continue reading
Superman in Venice
I hope nobody will make the connection between my stay in Venice and this “Superman” boat: (Seen and photographed in Venice in January 2012. More photos to follow.) Superman’s holiday mission in Venice might explain why he couldn’t help out here.
Would you want to live in “Toilet Creek”?
“Rio de la Toletta” may sound fabulous to foreign ears, but once you translate it, it is far less glamorous. Still, as all of Venice, it was beautiful. Seen and photographed in Venice, Italy in January 2012. (More photos to … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Ships: How Europe welcomes Refugees
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Emma Lazarus: The New Colossus … Continue reading
James Bond in Venice
Next weekend, 20-22 January 2012, I will visit Venice for the first time. A good person to ask for travel advice is my old mate James Bond. He has already been to this beautiful city three times, the first time … Continue reading
Why I want to learn Italian
I want to learn Italian because it can save lives and prevent espionage plots from being uncovered: A scene from “Inglourious Basterds” in which three US soldiers posing as Italians are introduced by a German actress to a Colonel of the … Continue reading
A Match made in Italy
Sometimes you know of two people and you want to bring them together because you just know that they will hit it off: I know of this old guy in Italy. He just turned 75 last week, but he is … Continue reading
The Happy Hermit 