Blog Entries tagged 'Lazio'

This Blog about Italy is about to go into Video Blogging Overdrive

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Let's face it... when I am in the US, this blog runs pretty dry. After all, a blog about Italy doesn't do too well when you are sitting at a computer in Florida. Well, that is soon to change.

On May 12, I'll be heading over again, and this time I will be there for 5 months straight. No back and [...]

Soriano nel Cimino - Palio delle Contrade

admin — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:38:13 +0100

This year wasn't my first time seeing the Chestnut Festival, but through the years, I have never made it to the Palio.

First things first, What on earth is a ‘Palio' ? Those who have heard the term generally know of it it in connection with the famous ‘Palio di Siena', which is a horse race. But Palio is really a term that can be used for any kind of competition in Italy. The word Palio itself refers to a large bann [...]

The hidden ruins of a 13th century Olive Mill

admin — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:32:47 +0100

Ask around Soriano about ‘Fosso Mulino’ (River Mill) and you will get mostly blank stares. So it is no surprise that after all of these years I had no idea that it existed. Very few people do.

One day I was out with my friend (and our contractor) Andrea D’Alessio. He asked me if I had ever been to the waterfalls. My immediate answer was YES! There is a place in Soriano with some beautiful waterfalls that few know about, and I had be [...]

The Flag Throwers ( Sbandieratori ) of Soriano nel Cimino

admin — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:29:52 +0100

Things got quite busy since my last post. We had a wave of guests come to Soriano, and the annual chestnut festival ( Sagra delle Castagne ) began, which really kept me running, camera in hand.

The folks in Soriano's tourism office were kind enough to issue me an all-access press pass for all of the events, so I have tons of content (both video and photo) from the last few weeks that will take form in blog articles over the next few weeks.

So now that I am back in the US [...]

The Wine Harvest - Making wine in Italy

admin — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:57:32 +0100

I remember my mother telling me about her move to Southern California, and how excited she was the first time she picked an orange off a tree and ate it right there. I was thinking, like... ok, big deal... you need to get out more! But then again, she was from New York, and I had been born and raised in L.A. After all, I had never seen an apple tree... In fact, at 42 years, I still have never seen an apple tree. Maybe I'm the one that needs to get out [...]

Soccer Fanaticism in Italy � Because they cant feed Christians to the lions anymore

admin — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:21:04 +0100

I love Football (Go USC!) & Baseball (Go Dodgers!).. I'm an American after all. But I have never been able to sink my heart into Soccer. So having spent all of these years in Italy, I've never been to a serious professional Soccer match. I've been to the small ones, but never ‘Stadium Sized' games. That changed yesterday.

I'll write this article aimed at people that are not up to speed in the world of European Soccer, so I [...]

The Medieval Swordsmen of Soriano nel Cimino

admin — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:54:11 +0100

For those of you that will be coming to Soriano for the Chestnut Festival, I thought I would post a video that shows a few of the highlights. This video is a promotional piece by Soriano nel Cimino's Medieval Swordsmen. While they perform at many festivals all over the world, being from Soriano, they perform at each and every festival in the town.

This video concentrates on them, but many of the video clips are taken during the Chestnut Festival (Sagra delle Ca [...]

40th Annual Chestnut Festival (Sagra delle Castagne) Schedule - 2007

admin — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:28:27 +0100

40th Annual Chestnut Festival (Sagra delle Castagne) Schedule - 2007

Every year, during the first two weeks of October, Soriano nel Cimino hosts a festival that surrounds the chestnut harvest. This festival is done on a large scale, and attracts thousands of people from surrounding areas, including Rome. The two main events of the Sagra are the Palio and the Corteo Storico. Unfortunately, we don't know which days these will be held until shortly before the festival. That said, the [...]

The Tuscia in Jazz Festival

admin — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:36:31 +0100

For the first time, Soriano hosted the Tuscia in Jazz Festival. This international festival had been held in nearby Ronciglione for the past five years, but apparently that town had complained about the noise and decided they didn’t want it anymore. The festival promoter, Italo Leali, was faced with the chore of finding a new host last year. According to Italo, he chose Soriano for several reasons: It has very good access to Rome, Florence and Italy’s mai [...]

Living Mangers in Italy

admin — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 01:00:00 +0100

A tradition in Italy during christmas time is the living manger. Many towns go way beyond a simple manger scene, and produce a full scale reproduction of Bethlehem. What makes it so special in many cases, is that they have the landscape and existing structures to really make it look and feel real.

Some towns do a better job, and others fa [...]

Cattle Call in Rome versus an Italian country sunrise

admin — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:00:00 +0100

I’ve been here for 5 days now and have had no time to write as I have been so busy working on our apartments. However, yesterday I took my cousin to see Rome. After all, she has never been to Italy and it is less than an hour away from our house. It’s late october… we are pressing hard on low season here, but Ro [...]