Thursday, June 14, 2012

Info about, for or on "apps" AKA "applications" for Roma/Rome, Italy

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 21 DECEMBER 2013)

Here are some links about, for or on "apps" AKA "applications" for Roma/Rome, Italy available on iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android or compatible tablet/PC devices:

APPLE DEVICES
ANDROID DEVICES
CROSS-PLATFORM: APPLE, ANDROID AND TABLET DEVICES
  • AngloINFO Mobile – "Rome Local Reference INFOrmation" – Source: Angloinfo® – "the global expat network" – ROME – "Life in Rome, in English!"
  • Eat Rome – "The Foodies Guide to Rome - All roads may lead to Rome, but not all end up at the greatest restaurants, bakeries and pizzerias. Italy has some of the most delicious food in the world, but sorting the best from the rest is  a challenge. With Elizabeth Minchilli’s Eat Rome in your pocket you’ll be sure that every morsel of food you put in your mouth is the best." – Language: English – Seller: Sutro Media© Elizabeth Minchilli – Source: iTunes Preview: App Store – "Apple devices including but not limited to iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch"
  • Rome For Foodies – "The essential guide to dining, drinking and food shopping in Rome, available now on iPhone, iPad, and Android devices." – blogger: Katie Parla – Source: Parla Food – "Katie Parla chases down the best food and drink in Rome and beyond"
  • Top Italian Travel Apps to get for 2013  – "Check out these great Apps that can enhance your Italian travelling experience. Many of those featured have been written by expats in Italy who really do know where to go and what to do." – edited by Adrian Peterson – Source: Found under "Expats" on Italian Reflections – "For travellers, settlers and expats alike"
MISCELLANEOUS
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The above links as of this date are/were current. If anyone has any suggestions for any other additional web sites and/or links for reference, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry.

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Wish my daughter, Annalisa, a very Happy and memorable Birthday!

That's it for Thursday, 14 June 2012: giovedì, 14 giugno 2012

Ciao, Ben

Moving2Italy2 – #1 source of links About, For or On Italy for those individuals moving, traveling or already living in Italy. 

Today’s quote is an Italian proverb, author unknown.

"La speranza è una buona colazione, ma una pessima cena."
"Hope makes a good breakfast, but a terrible supper."

When you have a free moment or two, please read my wife's interesting and entertaining blog about our life in Italy with photographs:
Friends and Family in Italy

Going to Spain, read my new blog:Info About, For or On Spain – a source of links About, For or On Spain for those individuals traveling or already living in Spain.

Please note: The time listed below for this posting is Central European Time (CET)/ GMT+1.

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 21 DECEMBER 2013)

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Thursday, June 07, 2012

Info on sagre and feste (food themed or religious festivals) in the region of Abruzzo, Italy

(LAST EDITED/UPDATED: XX MONTH 2012)

Here are some links on sagre and feste (food themed or religious festivals) in the region of  Abruzzo, Italy:


BY PROVINCE
  • L'AQUILA (AQ)
    • Sagra del formaggio pecorino (sheep's cheese) – In Italian Only – Dates: 7 and 21 June – Location: centro storico, Bugnara – Source: Pro Loco Bugnara
    • TBA – In Italian Only – Dates: x June – Location:  – "" – Source: X – ""
    • Sagra delle fettuccine e dei funghi porcini – In Italian Only – Dates: 28 June – Location: Civita di Oricola (AQ)  – "" – Source: X – ""
    • TBA – In Italian Only – Dates: x June – Location:  – "" – Source: X – "" 
    • LISTS
  • CHIETI (CH)
  • PESCARA (PE)
  • TERAMO (TE)
    • Sagra della Seppia (squid/cuttlefish) – In Italian Only – Dates: 19 - 22 June – Location: Tortoreto Lido, Tortoreto (TE) – Source: GASTRONOMIA section of Comune di Tortoreto 
    • TBA – In Italian Only – Dates: x June – Location:  – "" – Source: X – "" 
    • LISTS
      • Sagre a Teramo – In Italian Only – Dates: By month – Locations: various – Source: GIRAITALIA.it – "Un'Italia di Emozioni - Eventi e Manifestazioni in tutta Italia"
      • X – In Italian Only – Locations:  various – Source:  ItalianoDoc – "GUIDA TURISTICA D'ITALIA - Il piacere di viaggiare e mangiare in Italia"
    LISTS – ALL PROVINCES











    MISCELLANEOUS
    * = Blog entry has been updated.For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using Google .

    The above links as of this date are/were current. If anyone has any suggestions for any other additional web sites and/or links for reference, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry.

    Please note: If you want me to reply to your comment or request any further information by email, please include your email address in a separate comment. I will NOT publish any comments with an email address in it.

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    Please note: I do NOT represent or endorse any of these links nor do I receive payment for listing them in my blog.

    That's it for Thursday, 7 June 2012: giovedì, 7 giugno 2012

    Ciao, Ben

    Moving2Italy2 – #1 source of links About, For or On Italy for those individuals moving, traveling or already living in Italy. 

    Today’s quote is an Italian proverb, author unknown. 

    "TBS"
    ""

    When you have a free moment or two, please read my wife's interesting and entertaining blog about our life in Italy with photographs:
    Friends and Family in Italy

    Going to Spain, read my new blog:    Info About, For or On Spain – a source of links About, For or On Spain for those individuals traveling or already living in Spain.

    Please note: The time listed below for this posting is Central European Time (CET)/ GMT+1.

    (LAST EDITED/UPDATED: XX MONTH 2012)

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    Friday, June 01, 2012

    Info about attending a sagra / festa (food themed or religious festival) in Italy

    (LAST EDITED/UPDATED: XX MONTH 2012)

    Here are some links about attending a sagre / feste (food themed or religious festivals) in Italy:




    INFORMATION
    BLOGS AND BLOG ENTRIES
     COMMENTS / OBSERVATIONS ABOUT SAGRE / FESTE
    • ANNOUNCEMENTS (PUBLICITY) FOR A SAGRA / FESTA
      • GETTING THE WORD OUT
        • Found on sagre / feste posters
          • The posters may be in bright neon colors: green, orange, pink, etc.
        • Found on banners
          • These banners may be located on buildings, fences, overhead across a street, etc.
        • Found on flyers, handbills left in bars, restaurants and other business establishments.
        • Found in mailers sent to homes, apartments and businesses in the local area.
        • Found on entertainment posters 
          • These separate posters are for entertainment or about entertainers appearing and performing at a specific sagra / festa.
          • These specific entertainment posters will start appearing on the roads by or where the sagra / festa is being held. 
      • WHEN: ANNUAL EVENT 
        • Usually occurs the same time and location every year or for example, depending on whenever Easter is - 2 weeks after
        • Because of this fact, the banners and posters normally do not appear until 2 weeks before the start of the sagra / festa. There are exceptions (popularity, size, etc.) to when the banners and posters will start appearing sometimes 4 weeks prior to the sagra / festa
      • WHO BENEFITS FROM A SAGRA / FESTA
        • Usually, the sagra / festa.is a fund raisers for the youth sports teams or a comune (town, village, etc.) project or a group in the community
      • WHO RUNS/OPERATES THE SAGRA / FESTA
        • Its all done by volunteers from all age groups. Except for the food preparation and cooking, they are inexperienced individuals.
        • Many things get donated to the sagra / festa.
    • LOCATION OF SAGRA / FESTA
      • Very few sagra / festa provide directions to their respective event. When my wife and I first started to attend sagre / feste, we did not know where they were being held. Now, we know to look for: a campo sportivo (sports field). the centro storico (historic center) of a town or village, a giardini pubblici (public garden), white tents, etc.
      • Also, you can look for entertainment or entertainer's posters along the side of the road
    • TIMES
      •  They are found on the poster and the TIMES are in a 24 hour format:
        • cena (dinner) usually starts between 19,00 (7:00 PM) - 20,00 (9:00 PM)
        • pranzo (lunch) ONLY ON SUNDAY starts between 12,00 (12:00 PM) - 13,00 (1:00 PM) and is usually over between 15,00 (3:00 PM) - 15,30 (3:30 PM)
        • entertainment (singing or dancing, etc.) starts at 21,30 (9:30 PM)
      • My wife and I like to go early to avoid crowds and to find the sagra / festa, if we have not been to the sagra or festa before, or to find relatively close-in parking. Depending on the popularity and size of the sagra / festa, there may get be a shuttle bus to take you to the event.
    • WHAT'S TO EAT
      • If is a sagra, there may be a food theme, e.g., anatra (duck), ciliegia (cherries), cinghiale (wild boar), pesce (fish), struzzo (ostrich), oca (goose), pasta, pizza, tartufo (truffles), porcini / funghi (mushrooms), etc. If it's a festa, there may be a culinary specialty, food speciality or gastronomic speciality from the surrounding area.
      • There will be food choices for most folks. However, for vegetarians and vegans, there may be. In Toscana/Tuscany, a typical menu for cena (dinner) may look like the following:
        • Antipasto (appetizer) – In Toscana/Tuscany, it will be crostini with various toppings, for example, grounded chicken livers, pomodori (tomatoes), etc. and slices of pecorino (sheep cheese), prosciutto, salami, etc. and a sagra / festa specialty item
        • Primi piatti (first course), usually pasta - couple choices
        • Secondi piatti (second course), usually the specialty of the sagra or festa plus a few other choices that may include but not limited to bistecca (steak), maiale (pork), etc.
        • Vendure or contorni (vegetables): cannelloni beans, patate fritte (french fries potatoes) 
        • Insalata (green salad) served with olio e aceto (oil and vinegar) - NO other choices!
        • Dolci (dessert)
    • COSTS
      • The price for your meal is posted or listed on a menu board: a full/complete (completo) menu or order just whatever you would like to eat or pizza. You can usually make your selections on a pre-printed form (if available) and pay at a cassa (cashier). Then, you take a printed receipt with your selections on it to where there is a person directing you to sit. If there is no person telling you where to be seated, you seat yourself at an available table for your meal.
      • Normally whatever you order will cost a whole lot less than a restaurant meal
      • ACTUAL EXPENSE
        • There is a coperto (cover charge) usually around 2 Euros or less.
        • There is a charge for beverages (bevande) except where you may have ordered the full/complete (completo) menu selection:
          • water: naturale (still) or frizzante/gassata (bubbles)
          • vino - rosso o bianco (red or white wine)
          • biera (beer)
          • coke (no diet soda selection)
          • caffè (espresso)
        • There is a charge for dessert.
          •  
    • ENTERTAINMENT
      • Starting around 21,30 (9:30 PM), you may find one or more of the following taking place:
        • ballo (dancing) – all types: ballroom, disco, tango, samba, rumba, line, etc.
        • (singing)
    MISCELLANEOUS
      * = Blog entry has been updated.For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using Google .

      The above links as of this date are/were current. If anyone has any suggestions for any other additional web sites and/or links for reference, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry.

      Please note: If you want me to reply to your comment or request any further information by email, please include your email address in a separate comment. I will NOT publish any comments with an email address in it.

      NOTE: If you want to leave a comment, please leave it in ENGLISH.

      Broken links: Since November, 2005, I have written over 300+ blog entries with 1,000's of corresponding links/URLs for Moving2Italy2, covering a varied and wide range of topics. In the event if you come across a broken link or a non-functioning link/URL, please post a comment and report the non-functional link. I wish to thank you in advance for assisting me in the ongoing maintenance and the updating of this successful and informative blog.

      Please note: I do NOT represent or endorse any of these links nor do I receive payment for listing them in my blog.

      That's it for Friday, 1 June 2012: venerdì 1 giugno 2012

      Ciao, Ben

      Moving2Italy2 – #1 source of links About, For or On Italy for those individuals moving, traveling or already living in Italy. 

      Today’s quote is an Italian proverb, author unknown.

      "L'appetito vien mangiando."
      "Appetite comes with eating."

      When you have a free moment or two, please read my wife's interesting and entertaining blog about our life in Italy with photographs:
      Friends and Family in Italy

      Going to Spain, read my new blog:      Info About, For or On Spain – a source of links About, For or On Spain for those individuals traveling or already living in Spain.

      Please note: The time listed below for this posting is Central European Time (CET)/ GMT+1.

      (LAST EDITED/UPDATED: XX MONTH 2012)

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      Wednesday, May 23, 2012

      Info about, for or on the panini (sandwiches) in Italy

      (LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 28 JUNE 2012)

      Here are some links about, for or on the panini/      panino (sandwiches/(sandwich) in Italy:

      PANINI/      PANINO AKA SANDWICHES/SANDWICH
      MISCELLANEOUS
      * = Blog entry has been updated.

      For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using Google .

      The above links as of this date are/were current. If anyone has any suggestions for any other additional web sites and/or links for reference, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry.

      Please note: If you want me to reply to your comment or request any further information by email, please include your email address in a separate comment. I will NOT publish any comments with an email address in it.

      NOTE: If you want to leave a comment, please leave it in ENGLISH.

      Broken links: Since November, 2005, I have written over 300+ blog entries with 1,000's of corresponding links/URLs for Moving2Italy2, covering a varied and wide range of topics. In the event if you come across a broken link or a non-functioning link/URL, please post a comment and report the non-functional link. I wish to thank you in advance for assisting me in the ongoing maintenance and the updating of this successful and informative blog.

      Please note: I do NOT represent or endorse any of these links nor do I receive payment for listing them in my blog.

      That's it for Wednesday, 23 May 2012: mercoledì, 23maggio 2012

      Ciao, Ben

      Moving2Italy2 – #1 source of links About, For or On Italy for those individuals moving, traveling or already living in Italy.

      Today’s quote is an Italian proverb, author unknown.
      .
      "Ciò che si mangia con gusto non fa mai male."
      "What you eat with pleasure will never make you sick."

      When you have a free moment or two, please read my wife's interesting and entertaining blog about our life in Italy with photographs:
      Friends and Family in Italy

      Going to Spain, read my new blog:      Info About, For or On Spain – a source of links About, For or On Spain for those individuals traveling or already living in Spain.

      Please note: The time listed below for this posting is Central European Time (CET)/ GMT+1.

      (LAST EDITED/UPDATED: 28 JUNE 2012)

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      Wednesday, May 16, 2012

      Info about, for or on facts for Italy

      (LAST EDITED/UPDATED: XX MONTH 2012)

      Here are some links on interesting things or facts about, for or on Italy:

      FACTS
      MISCELLANEOUS
      * = Blog entry has been updated.For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using Google .

      The above links as of this date are/were current. If anyone has any suggestions for any other additional web sites and/or links for reference, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry.

      Please note: If you want me to reply to your comment or request any further information by email, please include your email address in a separate comment. I will NOT publish any comments with an email address in it.

      NOTE: If you want to leave a comment, please leave it in ENGLISH.

      Broken links: Since November, 2005, I have written over 300+ blog entries with 1,000's of corresponding links/URLs for Moving2Italy2, covering a varied and wide range of topics. In the event if you come across a broken link or a non-functioning link/URL, please post a comment and report the non-functional link. I wish to thank you in advance for assisting me in the ongoing maintenance and the updating of this successful and informative blog.

      Please note: I do NOT represent or endorse any of these links nor do I receive payment for listing them in my blog.

      That's it for Wednesday, 16 May 2012: mercoledì, 16 maggio 2012

      Ciao, Ben

      Moving2Italy2 – #1 source of links About, For or On Italy for those individuals moving, traveling or already living in Italy. 

      Today’s quote is an Italian proverb, author unknown.

      "Ars longa, vita brevis"
      "art is long, life is short"

      When you have a free moment or two, please read my wife's interesting and entertaining blog about our life in Italy with photographs:
      Friends and Family in Italy

      Going to Spain, read my new blog:      Info About, For or On Spain – a source of links About, For or On Spain for those individuals traveling or already living in Spain.

      Please note: The time listed below for this posting is Central European Time (CET)/ GMT+1.

      (LAST EDITED/UPDATED: XX MONTH 2012)

      © Benjamin H. Licodo, 2005 - 2012, All Rights Reserved.
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      Location: 52048 Monte San Savino Arezzo, Italy

      Wednesday, May 09, 2012

      Info About the 2012 Cantine Aperte (open cellars)

      (LAST EDITED/UPDATED: NN MAY 2012)

      Here are some links for the 2012 Cantine Aperte (AKA open cellars AKA open wine cellars AKA open wineries) -- 27 May -- in the region of Tuscany/Toscana:

      INFORMATION
      BLOG ENTRIES
      CANTINE APERTE
      MISCELLANEOUS
      * = Blog entry has been updated.For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using Google .

      The above links as of this date are/were current. If anyone has any suggestions for any other additional web sites and/or links for reference, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry.

      Please note: If you want me to reply to your comment or request any further information by email, please include your email address in a separate comment. I will NOT publish any comments with an email address in it.

      NOTE: If you want to leave a comment, please leave it in ENGLISH.

      Broken links: Since November, 2005, I have written over 300+ blog entries with 1,000's of corresponding links/URLs for Moving2Italy2, covering a varied and wide range of topics. In the event if you come across a broken link or a non-functioning link/URL, please post a comment and report the non-functional link. I wish to thank you in advance for assisting me in the ongoing maintenance and the updating of this successful and informative blog.

      Please note: I do NOT represent or endorse any of these links nor do I receive payment for listing them in my blog.

      That's it for Wednesday, 27 April 2011: mercoledì, 27 aprile 2011
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      Location: 52048 Monte San Savino Arezzo, Italy

      Info about Cantine Aperte (open cellars) in the region of Toscana/Tuscany -- 27 May 2012

      (LAST EDITED/UPDATED: XX MONTH 2012)
      Here are some links about Cantine Aperte (AKA open cellars AKA open wine cellars AKA open wineries) -- 27 May 2012 -- in the region of Toscana/Tuscany:


      PLEASE NOTE:
      • In some regions of Italy, Cantine Aperte is a two day event
      • Some of the dates on the web site of Movimento Turismo del Vino (MTV) and in its regional member's section or on their respective web sites have NOT been updated for 2012 but show previous years and dates.
      INFORMATION
      BLOG ENTRIES
      CANTINE APERTE
      MISCELLANEOUS
      * = Blog entry has been updated.For your specific interest, please search the web for further information using Google .

      The above links as of this date are/were current. If anyone has any suggestions for any other additional web sites and/or links for reference, please feel free to post your comment and I'll update this blog entry.

      Please note: If you want me to reply to your comment or request any further information by email, please include your email address in a separate comment. I will NOT publish any comments with an email address in it.

      NOTE: If you want to leave a comment, please leave it in ENGLISH.

      Broken links: Since November, 2005, I have written over 300+ blog entries with 1,000's of corresponding links/URLs for Moving2Italy2, covering a varied and wide range of topics. In the event if you come across a broken link or a non-functioning link/URL, please post a comment and report the non-functional link. I wish to thank you in advance for assisting me in the ongoing maintenance and the updating of this successful and informative blog.

      Please note: I do NOT represent or endorse any of these links nor do I receive payment for listing them in my blog.

      That's it for Wednesday, 9 May 2012: mercoledì, 9 maggio 2012

      Ciao, Ben

      Moving2Italy2 – #1 source of links About, For or On Italy for those individuals moving, traveling or already living in Italy.

      Today’s quote is an Italian proverb, author unknown.

      "Bacco, tabacco e Venere riducono l'uomo in cenere."
      "Wine, women and tobacco can ruin a man."

      When you have a free moment or two, please read my wife's interesting and entertaining blog about our life in Italy with photographs:
      Friends and Family in Italy

      Going to Spain, read my new blog:      Info About, For or On Spain – a source of links About, For or On Spain for those individuals traveling or already living in Spain.

      Please note: The time listed below for this posting is Central European Time (CET)/ GMT+1.

      (LAST EDITED/UPDATED: XX MONTH 2012)

      © Benjamin H. Licodo, 2005 - 2012, All Rights Reserved.
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