Marching bands have grown on me. They hold a fascination for young and old alike and I think that fascination has bit by bit, infected me also.
I didn’t always feel so positive towards them. In fact there was a time I agreed whole heartedly with this quote from Sir Thomas Beecham (1879 – 1961)
Brass bands [...]
Every now and then I’m willing to spend €20 or a bottle of wine in Abruzzo. That’s 750 ml for €20! “Sure you could easily get 10 litres of wine for €20 in Abruzzo, what are you playing at”, I hear you exclaim.
You’re right. I don’t do it often but I make no apology for [...]
Cinque is a dog.
He isn’t anyone’s pet or working dog.
He lives in Loreto Aprutino and is a regular sight walking along Piazza Garibaldi, Via Vittorio Veneto and Via Dei Normanni.
Some say he can smell freshly cooked arrosticini from 5 km.
Some say he can bark in 5 languages.
Some say he saved 5 worn-out travellers stranded in [...]