Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Who Spins a Better Pizza: Man or Machine? The Pizza Machine

Who Spins a Better Pizza: Man or Machine? The Pizza Machine

Click to see the Pizza Machine make a pizza in less than three minutes. Coming to a break room near you, will it put the local pizza chef master sponner our of business. Leave commens below.

June Festivals in Italy - Italy Right Now - Umbria, Verona, Rome

June is festival Month in Italy's regions. The Giro d'Italia that seduced the country and Italy-lovers during May gives way to authentic festivals in Italy's towns.

If you are traveling in Italy during the first week of June be sure to plan around the June 2 holiday, the national holiday celebrating the Festa della Republica - Italy's birthday - is celebrated in all Italy's regions. Italy's trains to the spiaggia, the beach, from places like Florence, Bologna, Parma, Rome, Turin, and Milan to the beaches are full. Also, the highways are packed with cars full of the Italian vacationers dreaming of the Italian seacoast and Italy's beaches for a few days. So try to plan your Italy vacation or Italy train travel around this date.

Another one of Motorino Man's favorite festivals in Italy is the Feast of Corpus Christi. We like to be in Spello for the L'infiorata, which are flower mosaics that take days to create from local flowers and cover the streets, which flower mosaics are then walked on by the proccession on festival day.

Click below to check out video Italy Right Now June for much more about June festivals in Italy.

Friday, May 15, 2009

Gubbio-Umbria- I Ceri Candle Festival












Umbria, Gubbio May 15 is the candle festival - I Ceri. The beautiful medieval town draws thousands of visitors from all over the world to see the Ceri, candles, raised in the town square, after the saints Ubalo, Giorgio, Antonio Abate are fastened to the top, and then the race of three laps around the square begins. After the jump enjoy video of I Ceri Gubbio. Video >

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Cinque Terre by Boat: Explore Liguria by Sea

Cinque Terre, Liguria Italy in spring is an excellent time to explore the rugged Ligurian coast between Genoa and Portovenere by boat. Arrive in these jewel sized ports along the Italian Riviera like the mariners have for 3000 years. The seaside hamlets of Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza, and Monterosso al Mare are vestiges of life lived locally and seasonally - slowly. Enjoy the photogenic Ligurian coast by boat relaxing and smelling the pines that top off the the hills or by hiking the trails that connect the five towns giving it its name Cinque Terre.

To preserve this land, the government has declared the Cinque Terre a national park. For about $10 dollars per day visitors may hike the trail connecting all five towns, a trek that takes about five hours. If you opt to walk be careful on the trails. Wet trails are dangerous. Sunscreen etc. a must!



Outside the five towns up in the hills are the vineyards that fill the terraced gardens on mountain sides, which cut directly into the sea. These hills above the towns are famous for Ligurian white wine, made from the grapes that grow in the vineyards on the terraced slopes above the Ligurian sea, which fill the mountain sides. The Etruscans traded here with the ancient Chinese and ancient Egyptians, sharing advanced ideas and advanced cultures, adopting the best practises the Etruscans and Liguri people live in these hills what is today known as the Mediterranean lifestlye. For more video about Liguria checkout WebVisionItaly's Liguria channel.