Italy beat France in the final stretch of the 33rd International Gelato World Cup held in Rimini this past week. Held every 2 years, the 2010 winner was the French team making this year’s win even more heartfelt for the Italians!
The next edition in 2014 with be in the UK – get your spoons ready! (Photos courtesy of ENRICO MINASSO)
Starting July 1st, foreigners visiting the renaissance capital of the world – Florence, Italy – will find an extra charge on their hotel bill when they leave: a hefty 3 euros per day for staying in a hotel downtown. The new ‘bed’ tax is being appealed by hotelliers, but there’s no guarantee they’ll win.
In the meantime, if you’re planning a wedding in Florence and you want to avoid being charged for sleeping over, just move your party to the outskirts – which just happens to be the nicest area to stay in anyway!
The Chianti countryside is made up of neighboring cities where the bed tax is not applied, so you save up to 30 euros when you check out. Plus, pricing is more competitive and the welcome is Italian family style. A short drive takes you there and your civil ceremony can be held in the quaint, tuscan town halls of your choice.
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The Florence City Council ruled in favor of applying a 3 euro/night tax on all non-residents staying in hotels. The maximum charge is limited to 30 euros (10 days). Hotels in the city have joined together and are appealing the ruling, which is effective from July 1st.
It’s a sealed deal. Roma soccer team gets bought up by Thomas De Benedetto from Boston, Massachusetts. A sportsman at heart De Benedetto, whose ancestors come from Abbruzzo, also has stakes in the Boston Red Sox and New England Sports Ventures.
Forza Roma!
Una giornata piena di sole e partecipanti pieni di entusiasmo e tanta voglia di scoprire i clienti americani. Formazione culturale, formazione linguistica, ed un workshop dolce tenuto daVeronica Costa Veco Cakes, ecco un riassunto fotografico:
Prossimo coro? Probabilmente Firenze, se avete suggerimenti, scriveteci!
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Gli Italiani si sono fatti le ossa ad affrontare gli invasori stranieri e non fanno eccezione le organizzatrici di eventi. A sostegno della loro missione, ABC delle nozze inaugura la serie di seminari culturali/linguistici ‘Sposi all’americana‘ con l’auspicio di sconfiggere i miti ed affrontare lo straniero con sicurezza e stile.
Evviva!
The most popular and successful Italian Wedding Planner debuted at Joy Sposi tonight: Angelo Garini charmed a full house made up of aspiring wedding planners eager to hear his stories of planning and staging great events.
Garini’s latest civil ceremony in Venice was the backdrop to a comfortable living room talk with the crowd. He patiently streamlined his planning timeline from a creative architect who happened to know the right people to a TV show duo with partner Enzo Miccio. Humble, grateful and generous, Angelo promotes ethics, professionalism, and charity, as an advocate of Children in crisis.
We asked Angelo what that one essential element is in a wedding emergency. He answered, “Calm. You have to keep your cool and make it through the situation without blinking. I’ve had magnificent church decorations crash, ropes catch on fire, candles burn down to the nub and grooms ditching the whole thing at the last minute. All I know is that you have to grin and bear it and it all works out for the best!”
view on the Italian Coast of Gargano
The New York Times published its 31 flavors for 2010 and flavor number 29 is that little bump half way down the Adriatic Coast of Italy called Gargano. Mediterranean pines grow all the way to the shores making this concave part of the boot a great place to pitch a tent. Summertime beckons hoards of Italians to populate the long white beaches and family-friendly resorts of Peschici and you can bet they answer that call in the millions. The popular town of Vieste boasts a windsurf center founded by Italian waveboarder and father of the ‘cheeseroll’ maneuver Cesare Cantagalli and his brother Sergio. Fun and sun guaranteed!
