Category Archives: English

A new solution for urban transit

Posted on June 4, 2015 by babbityjean

It is a model similar to Uber or taxi on demand.  One books with an app on a cell phone, and the system proceeds to link a driver with a passenger.  To dart between one place and another, however, are … Continue reading →

Posted in English, Foto, Italia, Italoamericani, Vacanze | 1 Comment

Paesi e città dai nomi incredibili : Towns and Cities with incredible names (Italy and America)

Posted on May 28, 2015 by babbityjean

Bastardo (Perugia)           Hell, Michigan (Inferno)           Ramazzano le Pulci (Perugia); Sweep the Fleas           Boring, Oregon (Noioso)           Femminamorta (Messina); Dead Woman (and … Continue reading →

Posted in English, Foto, Italia, Italiano | 1 Comment

Centuries of history unveiled by way of fixing a toilet

Posted on May 21, 2015 by babbityjean

It’s an incredible story, and it appeared recently on the front page of the New York Times. Around 2000, Luciano Faggiano bought a supposedly unremarkable building at 56 Via Ascanio Grandi in Lecce, Italy, which is in the region of … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Arte, English, Foto, Italia, New York, Puglia | 4 Comments