Facebook Fascination in Italy, written 3 days ago, At the start of this year I often made a point of mentioning Facebook to my new master students, especially those doing marketing and media relation's masters, but not only.

Max Bill, written 3 days ago, Max Bill is one of Switzerland’s foremost artists, having left a legacy of many industrial sculptures. His arrangement of 45 blocks of granite near Paradeplatz in Zurich (above)  has always been a landmark for me, although it was only recently that I discovered the p...

Scenes from the 49th Thessaloniki Film Festival, written 2 days ago, .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } ΔIΟΝΥΣΗΣ ΣΑΒΒΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ/, originally uploade...

A quick post about a win-win-win. I'd love your help., written 5 days ago, From a snowy Chicago, a quick invitation to help an incredible person and give yourself a chance (or a downpayment :)) towards coaching with the very woman who 5 years ago got me to believe I could live in Spain: I owe you...

Where's Heather?, written 1 day ago,

The story of an accident prone Englishman in Holland.

Motoring in Spain, written 1 month ago, <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> DRIVING in SPAIN. Despite common jokes about the locals driving abilities !! , it really is quite safe to drive on Spanish roads as lon...

Pink Saturday: the Manner obsession :), written 1 week ago, A new Pink Saturday round brings me the idea of presenting you my "most important" obsession: the Manner obsession. I like their famous shade of pink, their sweets, and I like their collectibles. I have not only the toy truck in t...

An inscription in Greek, written 3 days ago, Not so long ago I was walking between these ruins lying outside an old stadium on the Greek island of Rhodes (Rhodos, Rodos). There were inscriptions on several of them, and once again I found my lack of knowledge of the Greek language a shame. As a tour...

I chose to give up life in London. I chose to forego an exciting career. I chose to leave my family and friends. I chose Italy. This is my life in Positano.

We are a young couple in our late-twenties who have recently bought an old timber-frame house near Frankfurt, Germany. The house was built in the 1830’s and is in pretty great shape but we'd like to make it more “our style” so we'll be doing some re

This Just In: How Cheap Is Iceland, Really?, written 2 days ago, This Just In is a new weekly column at EuropeString.com featuring the week’s best European travel deals. Have something to share? Leave a comment or Twitter @europestring. Since Iceland’s financial collapse*, everyone in the tra...

amanda and raffaele indicted in slain british coed case, written 3 weeks ago, PERUGIA, Italy — An American college student and her former boyfriend were ordered Tuesday to stand trial in last year's slaying of her roommate, while the judge also convicted an Ivory Coast man in the killing, lawyers...

Our Weekly Postcard (LXXVIII), written 2 days ago, Looks like the first snow will come this evening here in Switzerland. We have to wax our skis and to look for the snow shovels. I suppose that they are somewhere in the cellar. Winter is what we were meant for, and we welcome it, Garrison Keillor ...

Spanish Inquisition, written 3 days ago, I gave my first full lecture for a university class yesterday. The lecture was for a survey course, which meant I had to cover a lot of ground and couldn’t really get into too much detail. The topic? The Inquisition and the Jews in the Early Modern period. ...

Big Reds & Bubbas, written 2 days ago, Ace's Mamma Mia Weekend Blog Update Arghh, it's drivin' me nuts This week I've been in Austinopoli setting up future wine events and working around a few sale calls. John Roegnik and the Austin Wine Merchant folks hosted an Italian wine event, which gave ...

Barcelona street scene, written 2 days ago, .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Barcelona street scene, originally uploaded by - di. I couldn't resist. I love...

Early Notes on Parenting, written 2 days ago, 1. I’m tired. 2. Who on earth designs baby clothes? Why do they all do up at the back when it’s almost impossible to keep a new-born baby sitting up or rolled over while trying to do up 14 tiny, inaccessible poppers? Then there are those side-to-side...

Results of the poll, written 3 days ago, If you cannot have English TV Leave Spain = 4 people, Might be thinking about getting air tickets. Watch Spanish TV instead = 8 voters, will soon be able to understand if not speak Spanish fairly well in the near future. Watch DVD´s instead = 3 voters, ther...

Not your usual Eastern European country.