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No Ordinary Elizabethan Era Minstrel

: Tulloch; Category: Music; 16 January 2017

The passion by many Italians for the Elizabethan Era, for things Shakespearean and minstrels, is to an Englishman, a little odd, but rewarding. One...

A Few Steps anew to Caltagirone ceramics

: Tulloch; Category: Special Places; 16 January 2017; SICILIA • CATANIA • Caltagirone

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Caltagirone ceramics make this town one of the most well known towns of Sicily. The emblem of Caltagirone is the 142 step Scala di Santa Maria del...

Just one Arena but it's Verona Arena…..

: Tulloch; Category: Special Places; 16 January 2017; VENETO • VERONA • Verona

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What an impact! The Verona Arena is for most people the only ‘event in town’, and unless you venture to Verona out of season, its impact is...

Pesciolini - A Sprat to Catch a Mackerel

: Tulloch; Category: Thoughts in Universe; 16 January 2017

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A “pesciolino” to the English is a minnow, traditionally a small carp used as bait to catch a bigger fish. The bait in the case of the Milanese...

Italo-Australian style Sunday in Veneto

: Tulloch; Category: Special Australia; 16 January 2017; VENETO • VICENZA • Colceresa

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Italo-Australian - a conundrum of lifestyles? Our Italo-Australian Sunday expedition began when we met the creators of D’Orica, Giampetro Zonta and...