New here? Check out “Best Of” for some top posts, subscribe to my RSS feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/MsAdventuresinItaly or receive email updates!Amazing, genius composer you should know: [ Ennio Morricone ]
I suggest: [ Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone ] [ Film Music Vol. 1 ]
Sometimes my work is like a day spent with Laurel [...]

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I could spend hours and still not understand: Cockney Rhyming Slang
Next time, order Thai food the right way: Talking Menu for Thai
This weekend, molto crap weather in Pavia and most of northern Italy, which was fine because I was able to download the second season episodes of LOST on iTunes and stay safely inside. Addiction. [...]

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Who needs comedians with politicians like these:
[Berlusconi compares self to Jesus] [Cheney shoots friend, not bird]
Relaxing to: Traditional Persian music on Radio Darvish
I have to say that I love internet radio. LOVE it. Let me count the ways.
First of all, very little or no commercials or station identification breaks. Second, usually you have [...]

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Last year at this time, I was wading knee-deep in a 120-page Italian-to-English translation about a bridge - architecture, engineering, and construction…fun stuff. The only good thing about it was it gave me an excuse not to go outside in the cold. I just got another small assignment from them. My husband is cringing because [...]

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It’s been raining a lot in Puglia lately - there have been mudslides and some bridges washing away. Look at this high-speed train that seemed to have stopped just in time. Luckily, where Sante’s family is, there hasn’t been as much rain so they are doing fine.
In case you saw Chinesepod from the [...]

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