Friday,
August 25, 2006
Passionate and Proud ...
Nobody does it quite like the Italians ...Vespa
another Example
The
ANNOTICO Report
Italians. Yes it means Passion, Pride, Gesticulation,
Gusto, Gastronomy, Creativity, Beauty, Inspiration and so much more,
But
one of my favorite comments is:
The
Italians have a great track record of finding beauty and inspiration even in
moments of catastrophe.
To
quote Harry Lime in the film of The Third Man: "[In]
"In
PASSIONATE
AND PROUD......
NOBODY DOES IT QUITE LIKE THE ITALIANS!!!
IC
Wales.co.uk
The
National WebSite of
David Williamson, Western
Mail
August 24, 2006
THIS month I discovered the
definition of pride and delight.
No, I have not encountered
fatherhood or had a winning entry in the Curiously Groomed category of an
exclusive Venezuelan dog show.
Instead, I met the Welshman who
is custodian of one of
Bruno Alessandrini
does not polish Roman eggcups or guide tourists around heaps of Etruscan
rubble. Instead, he celebrates the wonder of the Vespa
scooter at the Piaggio factory in Pontedera.
Motorbikes in
But the Vespa
is the encapsulation of cool. Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck whizzed through
the streets of the Italian capital on one in Roman Holiday.
A Vespa
is a merging of mechanics and mystique; it zoomed out of the swirling chaos of
post-war
The Italians have a great track
record of finding beauty and inspiration in moments of catastrophe.
To quote Harry Lime in the film
of The Third Man: "[In]
"In
The giant buildings of the Piaggio factory stretch out behind Pontedara
I had a brilliant time. It
He wanders through the gift
shop he runs with evident pride. Drop into conversation that you come from
He shouted in Italian and then
launched into a rendition of The Green, Green Grass of Home and a
Bruno spent the first 15 years
of his life in Aberdare and
In
the land of laverbread they fell in love and a son as
astounding as any masterpiece or motorbike was born. Nobody does it like the
Italians.
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